Damage against indestructible creatures
Asked by lakais88 9 years ago
If I block a Fleecemane Lion with an active Nylea, God of the Hunt , then damage goes through and then they cast a Bile Blight on Nylea, God of the Hunt . Would she die from the Bile Blight or no?
In DOTP, when a creature takes damage it subtracts it from their defense. Does this apply the same
MountainMan817 says... #2
No it wouldnt be destroyed...
Rule 702.12b: A permanent with indestructible can't be destroyed. Such permanents aren't destroyed by lethal damage, and they ignore the state-based action that checks for lethal damage.
August 24, 2014 11:47 a.m.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #3
Some digital versions of the game show an apparent reduction to toughness as the result of damage, but that's not what's really going on. It's just a graphic-design choice that makes it easy to see how close a creature is to dying from damage. When damage is dealt to a creature, that damage is marked on it until end of turn. This doesn't change its toughness. In your example Nylea is a 3/3 with 3 marked damage after Bile Blight resolves. Since she's indestructible, the 3 damage marked against her toughness won't destroy her.
BboyGeologic says... #1
Duels of the Planeswalkers does this incorrectly, I assume to make it easier to understand, but it's still very wrong. Damage done to a creature is simply marked on it, it does NOT reduce it's toughness, so Nylea will still be a 6/6. You would need to hit her with 2 Bile Blight 's to killer it as that would reduce her toughness to 0.
August 24, 2014 8:22 a.m.