Can Abrupt Decay kill indestructable?
Asked by shagstafah 11 years ago
I realize this seems like a dumb question but the card says "can not be countered by spells or abilities". Isn't indestructable an ability? Would Abrupty Decay negate it?
RussischerZar says... #2
Mewgle is right. Destroying something means:
701.6b The only ways a permanent can be destroyed are as a result of an effect that uses the word destroy or as a result of the state-based actions that check for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g) or damage from a source with deathtouch (see rule 704.5h).
And indestructible basically means: "Whenever this permanent would be destroyed, it isn't."
So it still is a legal target of Abrupt Decay . The same applies to spells that can't be countered like Supreme Verdict : you can still target it with something like a Negate , it just won't do anything.
May 16, 2013 2:15 p.m.
introvertigo says... #3
To illustrate further what it means that a spell can resolve even though some of its effects do not cause any practical changes, allow me to remind that this can even be abused with certain cards. For instance, you can cast Rapid Hybridization on your Darksteel Myr . This would result in Darksteel Myr "surviving" the destruction effect and you would still get a creature token for yourself.
Mewgle says... Accepted answer #1
Indestructible doesn't counter anything. It just makes it so the permanent can't be destroyed by damage or effects that say "destroy".
Abrupt Decay will still resolve, but if its target is indestructible, it does nothing.
May 16, 2013 2:07 p.m.