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Gideon(6/6) who is protected from opponets card is blocked by The Goat with Horn(11/4 first strike). How does this pan out assuming no enhancements played?

To clarify, since Gideon is protected, Goat's attack does nothing to Gideon. The only damage being done is Gideon's attack, which beats the Goat's defense. The Goat is losing by the numbers, so First Strike does not apply.

This thread has been reported for goats.

But seriously, first strike is one of the more confusing abilities. Is there a good reason it's structured the way it is? That is to say, why does whichever First Strike activated first take precedence rather than a FS on both sides canceling out? Also, I've never quite understood what would happen if, say, Claudia banded to Green Simon the Zealot and was blocked by Lot's Wife banded to Goat with Horn.