Puncture Bolt is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to target creature. Put a -1/-1 counter on that creature.
How it works : Puncture Bolt
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Puncture Bolt will resolve fully (and give the creature a -1/-1 counter) even if the 1 damage would be enough to destroy it. (This would matter if a 3/3 creature with persist had already been dealt 2 damage, for example.)
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you target a creature with 2 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 1 toughness. The creature will be destroyed as a result of lethal damage. Regeneration could save it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If you target a creature with 1 toughness, Puncture Bolt deals 1 damage to it, then puts a -1/-1 counter on it, which reduces it to 0 toughness. The creature will be put into its owner’s graveyard as a result of having 0 toughness. Regeneration can’t save it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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