119.4a First, damage is dealt, as modified by replacement and prevention effects that interact with damage
The point is that although Affinity has a reputation as a very aggressive deck that wants to dump its hand as soon as it can, its best to think critically about each spot youre in so that you can make each of your cards as effective as possible

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Im excited to see so many Portal Three Kingdoms cards getting reprinted the last few years, and everytime one shows up in previews anywhere I get my hopes up again for a Riding the Dilu Horse reprint
So if there was ever anything worth some real cash the seller came across, no way is it knowingly being wrapped back up and sold for $8 with 49 more cards