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208. Power/Toughness
208.1
A creature card has two numbers separated by a slash printed in its lower right corner. The first number is its power (the amount of damage it deals in combat); the second is its toughness (the amount of damage needed to destroy it). For example, 2/3 means the object has power 2 and toughness 3. Power and toughness can be modified or set to particular values by effects.
208.2
Rather than a fixed number, some creature cards have power and/or toughness that includes a star (*).
208.3
A noncreature permanent has no power or toughness, even if it’s a card with a power and toughness printed on it (such as a Vehicle). A noncreature object not on the battlefield has power or toughness only if it has a power and toughness printed on it.
208.4
Some effects refer to a creature’s “base power,” “base toughness,” or “base power and toughness.”
208.5
If a creature somehow has no value for its power, its power is 0. The same is true for toughness.