Can you counter indestructible?

Can an Indestructible Creature be Killed by Counters? I've already used it as an example, but yes, you can use counters to kill indestructible creatures. -1/-1 counters are obviously the first choice if you're looking to just reduce their toughness, but you can get creative with it.

How do you beat indestructible?

Do 1 /- 1 kill indestructible?

Yes. Indestructible prevents permanents from dying due to "destroy" effects like Hero's Downfall and lethal damage.

Can you block indestructible creatures?

Indestructible creatures can be blocked. Indestructible is not an evasion ability. If an indestructible creature is blocked, it still takes damage. That damage won't destroy it though.

Can you target indestructible?

Indestructible objects can be targeted by spells and abilities that would destroy. Permanents that have the indestructible ability cannot be destroyed by effects that would destroy them or, if the permanent is a creature, by receiving lethal damage. However that does not make indestructible objects illegal targets.

How Can You “DESTROY” An Indestructible Creature?

Can you deal damage to indestructible?

Creatures with indestructible are impervious to any effects that normally destroy creatures, such as: Damage (including combat damage) Any effects that “destroy” a creature.

Can menace block menace?

A creature with menace can't be blocked by just one creature during combat. This means that if you swing at your opponent with a creature with menace, they'll have to block using two or more creatures to deal with the incoming attack.

Does Deathtouch beat indestructible?

1) Indestructible means "can't be destroyed". The only things that destroy are the lethal damage and deathtouch state-based actions, and effects using the word 'destroy'. Anything else will work. 2) Deathtouch destroys, so regeneration, being indestructible and so forth will get round it.

Do board wipes work on indestructible?

(Remember, the “destroy” effect will do nothing to indestructible cards.) However, it will effectively board-wipe the opponent's cards removing everything from creatures to enchantments, artifacts, equipment, and lands.

Does trample bypass indestructible?

Yes, at least in the sense that the additional damage does successfully trample over a blocking creature. An indestructible creature can't be destroyed by combat damage, but you only need to assign lethal-equivalent damage to that creature and then the excess damage can be assigned to the blocking player.

Can you kill indestructible with counters?

Can an Indestructible Creature be Killed by Counters? I've already used it as an example, but yes, you can use counters to kill indestructible creatures. -1/-1 counters are obviously the first choice if you're looking to just reduce their toughness, but you can get creative with it.

Can Banefire kill indestructible?

The damage cannot be avoided. A creature with indestructibility would still be dealt the damage, but it just wouldn't kill it ("A permanent that is Indestructible cannot be destroyed, and cannot be killed as a result of lethal damage").

Can a creature deal 0 combat damage?

A creature with 0 or negative power deals no damage during the damage step. If you put Curiosity on your 0-power creature, for example, you won't draw any cards in combat whether the creature goes unblocked or not. Some 0-power creatures like Guiltfeeder have abilities that trigger when they attack but aren't blocked.

Does sacrificing work on indestructible?

No. Indestructible just means destroy effects cannot destroy it. Sacrifice effects and going to 0 Toughness affect the creature as usual- it goes to the graveyard.

Does Hexproof stop Deathtouch?

Because deathtouch does not target a creature, hexproof won't protect a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the hexproof creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result.

Does First Strike stop Deathtouch?

Creatures with deathtouch deal damage during the regular combat damage step. Fortunately, if you block a creature with deathtouch with a creature with first strike or double strike, your creature will deal damage during the first strike damage step, before the deathtouch creature can return fire.

Does Worldslayer destroy indestructible?

*Edit: If a creature has lethal damage marked on it and is indestructible because of an effect generated by another permanent, and that permanent is destroyed by Worldslayer, then the creature will be destroyed the next time state-based actions are checked. This is about the only exception to the above.

Can child of Alara destroy indestructible?

Also, the trigger from Child of Alara doesn't target anything (evidenced by the lack of the word "target"; just being affected does not make anything a target), and even if it did, an indestructible permanent is still a legal target for a spell/ability that destroys, the effect just won't succeed.

Does Wrath of God destroy indestructible creatures?

Indestructible creatures survive a Wrath because their ability ("cannot be destroyed") specifically interacts with the word "destroy" on the card Wrath of God.

Is indestructible better than Hexproof?

Both of these are powerful effects, though have many ways to work around and remove the threat. Indestructible falls prey to exiling, tucking, etc; Hexproof is hit by 'destroy all' and other non-targeting spells.

Does Deathtouch work with 0 damage?

No. Deathtouch still requires that damage be dealt: 702.2b Any nonzero amount of combat damage assigned to a creature by a source with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage, regardless of that creature's toughness.

Does rabid bite work with Deathtouch?

In the case of Rabid Bite, it's all upside because your deathtouch creature won't die since it isn't dealt any damage.

Can 2 creatures block 1 attacker?

For each attacking creature you can choose one or more of your creatures to block it. A creature can't block more than one attacking creature at a time outside of some very particular circumstances.

Can you tap a creature with summoning sickness?

Can Creatures With Summoning Sickness Use Tap Abilities? No, they can't. It's explicitly stated that the creature can't attack or use activated abilities that include the tap or untap symbols in their cost when it's summoning sick.

Is Lifelink only combat damage?

If a creature has lifelink, any amount of damage it deals allows its controller to gain that much life. And that's any damage: combat and non-combat damage alike. So, if your creature with lifelink “fights” another creature outside of combat or deals damage via an activated ability, you'll still gain the life!