double strike

Two hits consecutively

Double strike is a printing defect where text or an image appears twice, slightly offset, creating a blurred or shadowed effect from the paper receiving two impressions.

In trading card games, particularly Magic: The Gathering, double strike is a combat ability that lets a creature deal damage twice per attack—once at first strike speed and again at normal speed.

The term also describes a labor action where workers walk out while simultaneously refusing to handle certain goods.

Related
  • criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
  • comboItems grouped together
  • hitSuccessful contact or strike
  • attackAggressive act against another
  • damageHarm or impairment

bonus · multiplier · punch · critical hit · knockout · power · impact · smash · twin · repeat · blow · finishing blow · lightning · thunder · successive · devastating · crushing · lethal

Opposites
multiplicity of action

double strikesingle blow

glancing blow · first strike · miss · graze · whiff

COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS (gaming context)

double strikeno damage

Absence of harm

blocked · prevented · nullified · pacifism · defender

action versus inaction

double strikeblock

Solid mass, or impede

parry · defense · dodge · evasion · passivity

Family

double, strike, doubles, doubled, doubling, doubly, striker, strikes, struck

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