{"id":3362,"date":"2013-06-06T10:09:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T17:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2015-02-05T15:54:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T23:54:50","slug":"pit-fight-wont-trigger-blaze-commando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/2013\/06\/pit-fight-wont-trigger-blaze-commando\/","title":{"rendered":"Pit Fight Won&#8217;t Trigger Blaze Commando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-752e15f0-1a70-08c2-6ede-fcd9599ba5fe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gatherer.wizards.com\/Handlers\/Image.ashx?multiverseid=369047&amp;type=card\" width=\"223\" height=\"310\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Blaze+Commando&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Blaze Commando<\/a> is a Minotaur Soldier, which is a pretty sweet creature type you don\u2019t see every day. \u00a0He also has an triggered ability you don\u2019t see very often, one that triggers whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage.<\/p>\n<p>This trigger is a little tricky to understand, but the important thing to realize is that whenever a spell or ability deals damage, that spell will specify where the damage is coming from (formally, the \u201csource\u201d of the damage). \u00a0For many spells, the source of damage is the spell itself, like with Pillar of Flame.<\/p>\n<p>However, some spells will cause other cards to deal damage. \u00a0As an example, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-content\/plugins\/lems-mtg-helper\/lems-mtg-helper-cardfinder.php?find=Pit+Fight&width=223&height=310\" class=\"jTip\" name=\"\">Pit Fight<\/a> causes two creatures to fight and damage each other. \u00a0Pit Fight itself doesn\u2019t actually deal any damage, so Blaze Commando won\u2019t trigger.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Blaze Commando, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/?p=3402\" target=\"_blank\">this tip<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Rules Tip written by Paul Baranay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>is a Minotaur Soldier, which is a pretty sweet creature type you don\u2019t see every day. \u00a0He also has an triggered ability you don\u2019t see very often, one that triggers whenever an instant or sorcery spell you control deals damage. This trigger is a little tricky to understand, but the important thing to realize is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[148,8],"tags":[965],"language":[1196],"class_list":["post-3362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abilities","category-triggeredabilities","tag-blaze-commando","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3362"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4590,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3362\/revisions\/4590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3362"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/rulestips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=3362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}