If you have two creatures pit fight or fight using domri rade, do damage / non activated abilities take effect? Such as death touch, life link, first strike? I always thought they didn't apply but we had a disagreement in our play group... If they do not would you be able to play a reaper of the wilds, activate domri's fight ability, then activate the reapers death touch ability by paying one mana and then have death touch apply in the fight? As always thanks for your help!
The “fight” mechanic counts as creatures dealing damage, but doesn’t count as creatures dealing combat damage. This is because combat damage is a specific kind of damage that’s only dealt as part of attacking and blocking.
Other abilities that care about combat damage — such as first strike — won’t apply, because damage dealt by the “fight” mechanic isn’t combat damage.
However, abilities that just care about any damage — such as deathtouch and lifelink — will apply, because damage dealt by the “fight” mechanic is still damage.












