Which spell types affects what subtype and supertype
Asked by Astanashar 2 years ago
I know this may seem as a stupid question but, I have to explain this to some boys aged 10 to 16. When I have a Legendary Creature, say: Krydle of Baldur's Gate. Can a "normal destroy target creature" destroy my legendary creature? Also if I have a card giving one of my creatures protection from a certain color, can that creature be blocked by a creature with that color, or how is the ruling explained in layman's terms, so that both I and the kid's will understand it. Lastly, how does remove target artifact actually work, can it take out any type of artifact like equipment artifact creature and so on? I know these questions might seem trivial to most of you, but I don't really understand the rules yet, as I have only played for around 1 year (and about 20 years ago also for 1 year) Best regards -[ Astanashar ]-
legendofa says... Accepted answer #1
By "normal destroy target creature" I assume you mean something like Murder. A card with the phrase "destroy target" can kill anything that fits the requirements. Krydle of Baldur's Gate is has the Creature type, so it can be killed by Murder. It can't be killed by Doom Blade, for example, because it isn't a nonblack creature.
The common mnemonic for how protection is helps is the word DEBT. A creature with protection can't be Damaged, Enchanted or Equipped, Blocked, or Targeted by any card effect it has protection from. One important note is that this doesn't protect against "Destroy all" effects like Wrath of God; those will still kill a creature with protection.
Similar to answer 1, a destroy effect can affect anything that fits its requirements. Smelt can destroy a generic artifact, an artifact creature, an equipment, or anything else that has Artifact in its type line.
March 9, 2022 12:29 p.m.