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When does damage on a creature go away?

The rulebook states this directly, and forum answers agree.

  • Magic: The Gathering rulebook · Rulebook · Damage, Toughness, and Death
  • Syvanis · Community · 2021-01-06
  • ravager · Community · 2021-01-06

At the cleanup step at the end of the turn, so damage from combat still counts toward a spell cast later in the same turn.

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