Can You Counter a creature with Hexproof?
Asked by bob112b 12 years ago
can i counter Geist of Saint Traft or because he has hexproof am i now allowed to?
yes you can! hexproof means, that (on the battlefield) the creature with hexproof can't be targeted by spells or abilities an opponent controls, but when you play a creature, its a spell as any other and the spell (it isn't a creature yet) can be targeted normally by counterspells.
October 28, 2012 6:49 p.m.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... #3
The key to figuring out this one is by reading the Hexproof reminder text.
"This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control".
Because it specifies "creature", it means that it only has Hexproof while it's a creature, rather than a creature spell.
October 28, 2012 6:54 p.m.
Rhadamanthus says... #4
An ability on permanent card only functions while it's on the battlefield unless it specifically says it functions from another zone (one exception: characteristic defining abilities, like the one that sets the P/T of Lord of Extinction , function in every zone). Geist of Saint Traft doesn't have any special zone-based text to go with his hexproof ability, so that means it only works while he's a creature on the battlefield.
NobodyPicksBulbasaur says... Accepted answer #1
Geist of Saint Traft only has hexproof while he is on the field. While on the stack, he is simply a spell and can be countered as normal.
Supreme Verdict is an example of a spell that can't be countered. If it doesn't say otherwise, a spell can always be countered.
October 28, 2012 6:23 p.m.