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What happens when a creature's toughness drops to 0?
The rulebook states both rules.
- Magic: The Gathering rulebook · Rulebook · Damage, Toughness, and Death
It is put into the graveyard immediately as a state-based check. Separately, a creature with damage equal to or greater than its toughness is destroyed and goes to its owner's graveyard.