First strike

First strike is an evergreen keyword ability that changes the rules for combat by adding an additional combat damage step. 
==Description==
A creature with first strike deals combat damage before creatures without first strike. The ability usually represents a creature's exceptional speed or skill; or possession of long range weapons, such as spears, lances, or bows. The most common creature types to have first strike are Knights and Soldiers.
===History===
First strike has been in Magic since the original Alpha set. First strike has appeared in all colors, but is primarily placed in white and red. It is tertiary in black.
While common on creatures in the past, it has been more often relegated to the obligatory combat trick or granted conditionally, as multiple first striking blockers become difficult to attack through. <c>Fresh Faced Recruit</c> from Guilds of Ravnica is an example of R&D experimenting with creatures that just have first strike offensively, though the ability goes back as far as <c>Purraj of Urborg</c>. Play Design enjoys it more when used offensively. The wording changes between "as long as it's attacking" and "during your turn" occasionally with little by way of differentiation.
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths introduced first strike counters.
===Firstest strike===
The mythical card Throat Wolf was rumored to have firstest strike, back in the time when full card lists were rarer, and information was less dispersed. Some red creatures had an ability that had some similarity to a super-first strike ability such as <c>Talruum Champion</c>, as it could disable other first strike abilities; and others such as <c>Ornery Goblin</c> or <c>Inferno Elemental</c>, which dealt noncombat damage in the blockers phase. <c>Throat Wolf</c> was finally printed with firstest strike as a test card in the Mystery Booster set (This creature deals combat damage before creatures with first strike).
==Rules==
==Examples==
==Enchantments that grant just First strike==
One creature
*<c>Lance</c> 
*<c>Lashknife</c> 
*<c>Reflexes</c> 
All your creatures
*<c>Knighthood</c> 
==See also==
*Double strike
*Last strike
*Alpha strike
==References==
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