Combat rules answer
My 3/3 has first strike and their 2/2 has deathtouch. Who dies?
Answer
Their 2/2 dies and your 3/3 survives. First-strike damage happens before the blocker can deal any deathtouch damage.
Why
First strike creates an earlier combat-damage step. In this board, only your 3/3 deals damage in that step.
The 2/2 takes lethal damage and leaves the battlefield before the regular combat-damage step, so it never deals damage to your 3/3.
Rules: 510.4, 702.7b, 704.5g
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