Indestructible explanation
Asked by shadow_life 6 years ago
I'm arguing with my friend about indestructible. My god called Erebos, God of the Dead has indestructible. But, it said it can't die by lethal damage. I wasn't sure of what that was but I think it means regular damage. Can creatures with indestructible die by creatures power?
DrukenReaps says... #2
Here is the site I tend to refer to when I have a specific question
https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Indestructible
It is fairly comprehensive. Should help with learning the game.
August 11, 2017 11:28 p.m.
shadow_life says... #3
Steelspike I have no idea what negging is. I tried looking it up and I couldn't find an answer. What does that mean?
August 11, 2017 11:47 p.m.
DrukenReaps says... #4
-1/-1 effects = negging. things like Kuro, Pitlord or infect and wither.
August 11, 2017 11:50 p.m.
shadow_life says... #5
Bhaal666 THANK YOU! I finally can tell my friend that my creature can't be killed by creatures. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You too Steelspike.
August 11, 2017 11:52 p.m.
darkmatter32x says... #6
You can force them to sacrifice it.
Exile it.
-X/-X effects.
August 12, 2017 1:35 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #7
To be clear, indestructible means a creature can't be destroyed. "Destroy" is a specific key term in the Magic rules, and there are only two types of things that can destroy a creature:
- An effect that specifically says "destroy"
- Lethal damage, i.e. damage greater than or equal to a creature's toughness or any amount of damage from a source with the deathtouch ability
Because Erebos, God of the Dead is indestructible, it can't be destroyed by any kind of damage. Note that -X/-X effects don't count as damage, so this is why they can be used to kill indestructible creatures (dying for having 0 or less toughness isn't a "destroy" effect, the creature just dies).
August 12, 2017 9:53 a.m.
One other detail that you should be aware of, is how Indestructible acts against Trample. Indestructible does NOT allow all damage from an attacker with Indestructible if the damage count is higher than the Indestructible's Toughness. Trample damage can still go through Indestructible. Such as a 13/13 Trample would still cause 10 points of damage to you if you block with a 3/3 Indestructible. Give it Deathtouch on top of it, and a 12 damage can make it through instead.
August 12, 2017 1:26 p.m.
...sigh, stupid proof reading.
"Indestructible does NOT allow all damage from an attacker with Indestructible if the damage count is higher than the Indestructible's Toughnes"
Fix: Indestructible does NOT allow all damage from an attacker with Trample to be absorbed if the damage could be considered lethal (enough to kill if the creature didn't have Indestructible).
Steelspike says... #1
No. The only way they can die is by negging them off.
Only other way to get rid of them is exile.
August 11, 2017 11:19 p.m. Edited.