Question about protection
Asked by abenz419 11 years ago
Ok this sounds even stupid to me but for some reason I'm stuck on it and I know its a simple answer. I know protection effects protect against D.E.B.T. My question has to do with the damage part of that. Does protection prevent the damage from happening, or does it prevent the creature from dying due to damage? Like I said I know this is a simple answer but it occurred to me that there is a difference and it does matter so suddenly I was unsure about which it really did.
702.15e Any damage that would be dealt by sources that have the stated quality to a permanent or player with protection is prevented.
Prevented from happening. Though something like Skullcrack can over ride this and no damage is prevented, so a pro-red creature can take damage from Anger of the Gods or.Lightning Bolt after Skullcrack resolves.
March 20, 2014 4:11 p.m.
thanks I knew it was a simple answer. it occurred to me when I was playing my White Weenie deck that has a small splash of black. I had brought in a couple High Priest of Penance from my sideboard and one was on the board during combat. I wanted to protect my other creatures so I had to cast a Brave the Elements and being Black and White the Priest got protection as well. That's when it occurred to me that there is a difference between preventing the damage and preventing it from dying from damage and that would effect it's triggered ability. So I kinda scrambled my own brain and wasn't really positive which actually happened.
March 20, 2014 4:28 p.m.
EddCrawley says... #4
I thought if a creature had, say Red Ward , then it could not be targeted by red spells. So it would still take damage from global effects like Anger of the Gods if Skullcrack had been cast earlier that turn, but would still not be able to be targeted by Lightning Bolt
March 21, 2014 12:25 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #5
@EddCrawley: No. Protection disallows targeting, disallows enchanting/equipping (and causes existing enchantments and equipment to fall off), disallows blocking, and prevents damage.
You're thinking of something like hexproof or shroud (although neither is selective about color).
ChiefBell says... #1
It actually prevents damage from happening.
March 20, 2014 4:10 p.m.