For the longest time our playgroup agreed that whenever a card like Wrath of God is played, even a creature with Protection from white will die. But in the case of a card like Blasphemous Act, a creature with protection from red will survive because the card says “each.”
Does Blasphemous Act kill indestructible?
no response from anyone, your creatures are indestructible. no response from anyone, Blasphemous Act resolves; 13 damage is dealt to your 2/2 indestructibles. before the next player gets priority, damage is checked as a state-based action. your 2/2s are indestructible, they ignore this check (see 702.12b).
Does protection from red stop anger of the gods?
If we’re looking at your typical white wrath effect like Shatter the Sky or Doomskar, then protection won’t do anything. But red’s damage-based sweepers like Anger of the Gods and Crush the Weak would be stopped, as protection prevents the damage that would be dealt.
Does protection from color stop Deathtouch?
As we discussed a few weeks ago, protection does several things, such as preventing all damage from any source it has protection from. That means that deathtouch will not apply, as damage that is prevented is not considered dealt.
Does indestructible prevent 0 toughness?
Description. Indestructible permanents can still be put into their owner’s graveyard by other means, such as by the “legend rule”, by being sacrificed or (in the case of creatures) having zero or less toughness. They can also be removed from the battlefield by being bounced or exiled for example.
Does indestructible prevent board wipe?
Most board wipes “destroy” creatures, so one way to protect your creatures (and permanents) is to buff them with the “indestructible”keyword.
What does protection from Red do?
weird. Since all creatures have protection from red, and all cards are red, that means creatures can’t be blocked, targeted, enchanted, or equipped, and all damage to them is prevented. This protects our creatures, of course, but it also means our opponents can’t target or enchant their own creatures with anything!
What can get rid of Progenitus?
For example, Progenitus cannot be targeted by the enters the battlefield ability of Sower of Temptation, because that ability targets. But Progenitus can still be destroyed by spells that do not deal damage or target, like Day of Judgment.
How does protection from all colors work?
Protection from a color means that the target creature can’t be blocked by creatures of that color, can’t be the target of spells of that color or abilities from sources of that color, can’t be enchanted or equipped by Auras or Equipment of that color, and all damage that sources of that color would deal to it is …
Does Runed Halo Protect your creatures?
Oracle Text:
Runed Halo gives you protection from each object with the chosen name, whether it’s a card, a token, or a copy of a spell. It doesn’t matter what game zone that object is in. You can still be attacked by creatures with the chosen name.
Does protection from a color prevent trample damage?
Protection from a color prevents all damage assigned to a creature. Since during the damage assignment, the attacker only needs to assign lethal damage to the creature before being able to assign trample damage to you.
Does protection from a color prevent combat damage?
A creature with protection from one or more colors of magic cannot be affected by any magic of those colors. For example, a creature with protection from blue cannot be blocked by blue creatures, dealt damage by blue creatures, or enchanted, damaged, or otherwise affected by blue cards.
Does Hexproof stop Deathtouch?
Because deathtouch does not target a creature, hexproof won’t protect a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the hexproof creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result. The same is true for ward and shroud, keywords with similar effects.
Can destroy all destroy indestructible?
Does destroy all kill indestructible creatures? Because indestructible cards can’t be destroyed by any effects which use the word ‘destroy’ on them, they are not affected by cards which say, ‘destroy all’.
Does Hexproof protect from board wipes?
Granting hexproof to a permanent or player doesn’t cause opponents’ Auras to become unattached. A card that has ‘hexproof’ is still affected by board wipes that don’t target specifically that card.
What protects against board wipes?
Similar to death triggers, ETB effects to gain value even after the creature is gone. One more option: use burn or creatures with haste to just kill them even after the board wipe. Also, I find that Shepherd of the Flock is a very cost-effective way of gaining some protection from wipe effects.
Can a creature with protection be destroyed?
Yes, Day of Judgement will destroy a creature with Protection from White.
Can you block creatures you have protection from?
MTG Protection Rules
“Protection”. If a creature has protection from a particular [quality] like white or dragons, you cannot use that something to block the creature. Similarly, you can’t use [quality] spells or [quality] to target that creature. It’s immune to all damage dealt by a [quality] source.
Can you counter a card with protection?
Something with protection can still be countered. Something with “can’t be countered” can still be targeted. Abilities of permanent cards normally only work when the object is on the battlefield [CR 112.6]. But you can’t counter something on the battlefield.
Can Teysa envoy of ghosts be blocked?
Teysa also can’t be blocked by creatures, and all damage that would be dealt to Teysa by creatures is prevented. Teysa’s last ability doesn’t target the creature.
What does Progenitus have protection from?
“Protection from everything” means the following: Progenitus can’t be blocked, Progenitus can’t be enchanted or equipped, Progenitus can’t be the target of spells or abilities, and all damage that would be dealt to Progenitus is prevented.
Can Progenitus be exiled?
You cannot exile Progenitus or True-Name Nemesis. “Protection from everything” has a specific meaning in the rules: 702.16j “Protection from everything” is a variant of the protection ability. A permanent with protection from everything has protection from each object regardless of that object’s characteristic values.
Does destroy all creatures work on Hexproof?
Yes, cards with “destroy all …” don’t target the permanents they affect, so Hexproof does not protect them from being destroyed. Generally speaking, if the word ‘target’ doesn’t appear on the card, the spell or ability isn’t targeting.
Can you mutate onto shroud?
Mutate is a targeted ability, which means that shroud creatures can never be the target for it.
Can Runed Halo name tokens?
No, you cannot do that, sorry. Runed Halo requires you choose a card name. This means your choice is limited to names that exist on actual cards printed for the game.
Do tokens have names Magic The Gathering?
A spell or ability that creates a token sets both its name and its subtype(s). If the spell or ability doesn’t specify the name of the token, its name is the same as its subtype(s) plus the word “Token.” Once a token is on the battlefield, changing its name doesn’t change its subtype(s), and vice versa.
Does trample apply defending?
702.19a Trample is a static ability that modifies the rules for assigning an attacking creature’s combat damage. The ability has no effect when a creature with trample is blocking or is dealing noncombat damage.
Does First Strike counter Deathtouch?
Fortunately, if you block a creature with deathtouch with a creature with first strike or double strike, your creature will deal damage during the first strike damage step, before the deathtouch creature can return fire.
Does Deathtouch work on Planeswalkers?
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker. Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
What happens when two creatures with Deathtouch?
If a creature with deathtouch and another creature both block or are blocked by a creature, the other creature may take into account the fact that any combat damage dealt by a creature with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage.
Can you sacrifice a creature before it is destroyed?
Explicitly as this question is asked, no you cannot sacrifice something while it is being destroyed. However, what you want to do is possible. The spell that destroys all creatures goes onto the stack and both players are then allowed to take actions before it resolves.
Do indestructible Planeswalkers lose loyalty?
Planeswalkers with indestructible will still have loyalty counters removed from them as they are dealt damage. If a planeswalker with indestructible has no loyalty counters, it will still be put into its owner’s graveyard, as the rule that does this doesn’t destroy the planeswalker.
Does trample go through Planeswalkers?
Trample is a keyword ability that changes the rules for assigning damage in the Combat Damage Step. An attacker with trample deals excess damage to the defending player or planeswalker even if it is blocked.
What is Hex proof?
Hexproof. 702.11a Hexproof is a static ability. 702.11b “Hexproof” on a permanent means “This permanent can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.” 702.11c “Hexproof” on a player means “You can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.”
Does Hexproof stop trample?
Because combat damage is not targeted, and Trample does not target the blocking creatures nor the defending player, Hexproof will not protect creatures or players from this damage.
What does protection from red mean?
Put simply, Protection stops only four things, and they can be remembered with a useful mnemonic: D.E.B.T. Protection from Red, for example, means that your creature cannot be… Damaged. Enchanted/Equipped. Blocked.
What does protection from multicolored mean?
Multicolor means (a) cards with two or more different mana symbols in their mana cost, including hybrid mana, or (b) cards with a color indicator and more than one color in it, like Garruk, the Veil-Cursed. Therefore, that’s all “protection from multicolored” protects against.
Does indestructible prevent wrath of God?
Indestructible creatures survive a Wrath because their ability (“cannot be destroyed”) specifically interacts with the word “destroy” on the card Wrath of God.
What can get rid of Progenitus?
For example, Progenitus cannot be targeted by the enters the battlefield ability of Sower of Temptation, because that ability targets. But Progenitus can still be destroyed by spells that do not deal damage or target, like Day of Judgment.
Does protection stop trample?
As it turns out (and possibly counterintuitively), trample does go through protection. The point is that the attacker must assign lethal damage to the defending creature, and then they are free to assign the rest to the player.
Does protection from a color prevent trample damage?
Protection from a color prevents all damage assigned to a creature. Since during the damage assignment, the attacker only needs to assign lethal damage to the creature before being able to assign trample damage to you.
Can a player with protection be attacked?
A permanent or player with protection from everything has protection from each object regardless of that object’s characteristic values. Such a permanent or player can’t be targeted by spells or abilities and can’t be enchanted by Auras.
Can Hexproof be Counterspelled?
Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (They can’t be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.) This spell can’t be countered.