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What kills indestructible mtg?

How to Destroy an Indestructible Creature
  • Exile It. If you can't face your problems, send them somewhere else. ...
  • Reduce Its Toughness to 0. ...
  • Make Your Opponent Sacrifice It. ...
  • Counter It.
  • Enchant It.
  • Discard It from Your Opponent's Hand.
  • Send It to Your Opponent's Library.
  • Bounce It Back to Your Opponent's Hand.
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Can you destroy an indestructible?

Remember that indestructible will not be affected by destroying and lethal damage, but it is not hexproof, and if its toughness reaches zero by any other means than lethal damage, it will still be placed into the graveyard.
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What cards kill indestructible?

While Indestructible cards can't be killed by damage and ignore damage checks, their toughness outside of damage still needs to remain about zero for them to stay alive. This makes niche removal spells like Tragic Slip”especially powerful against Indestructible cards.
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Can spells kill indestructible mtg?

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.
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Can Deathtouch kill indestructible?

Deathtouch has no effect on indestructible creatures. By the time Burn from Within is cast, the deathtouch damage has not destroyed the creature, and it will simply be marked with that much damage. X in this case would need to be enough to make the damage lethal and destroy (exile) the creature.
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How Can You “DESTROY” An Indestructible Creature?

Can you counter indestructible?

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.
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Do board wipes kill indestructible creatures?

Although board wipes are very powerful, there are some ways to counter them. The key thing here is the keywords. Most board wipes “destroy” creatures, so one way to protect your creatures (and permanents) is to buff them with the “indestructible” keyword.
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Can you block indestructible MTG?

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.
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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.
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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.
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What is an indestructible counter?

A creature with an indestructible counter on it has the indestructible ability. Odric will see that and give the rest of your creatures indestructible.
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Can you target destroy an indestructible creature?

Yes, Indestructible creatures are legal targets for spells/abilities that say "destroy target creature." The spell actually does resolve, but when it attempts to destroy the creature rule 700.4 prevents it from happening.
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How does Deathtouch trample work with indestructible?

Deathtouch has an exception here, in that 1 damage from a source with deathtouch is always lethal damage. Effects like protection, indestructible, or damage prevention don't factor into this calculation.
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Does deathtouch beat trample?

Accepted answer #2. Yes 9 damage will trample over and both creatures will die after damage. Just remember that if your trampler has deathtouch as well it only has to assign 1 damage before dealing the rest in trample damage.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Does indestructible work against infect?

No, Indestructible only protects against destroy effects and the state based action for a creature having lethal damage marked on it. Infect changes the result of damage dealt by that creature to put -1/-1 counters on creatures instead of marking damage.
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Does Deathtouch kill creatures?

As long as the deathtouch creature deals damage to a creature, it dies. Multiple blockers fight one at a time either until the attacker has taken lethal damage or it's fought all of the blockers.
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What wins indestructible vs Deathtouch?

Indestructible creatures also ignore deathtouch. Normally, a creature is destroyed if it takes damage from a creature with deathtouch. But since indestructible creatures can't be destroyed, they're immune.
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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.
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Does protection from everything stop Deathtouch?

Does Protection From a Color Prevent Deathtouch? The short answer here is yes. Protection from black, for example, will prevent all damage dealt by black creatures and spells to whatever has that protection.
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Does shroud protect from board wipes?

Board wipes can kill shroud creatures.

Board wipes don't target creatures but rather destroy or otherwise remove all creatures at once without targeting any of them.
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Does Hexproof prevent exile?

Can a Creature with Hexproof Be Exiled? As long as you're exiling the hexproof creature with a spell or ability that says “exile each creature” or “exile all creatures,” then yes. If you're trying exile a creature with something like Swords to Plowshares, then it won't work.
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What is the best counter in MTG?

Top 20 Counterspells in Magic: The Gathering
  • RED ELEMENTAL BLAST. ...
  • FORCE OF NEGATION. ...
  • FLUSTERSTORM. ...
  • COUNTERSPELL. ...
  • DAZE. ...
  • CRYPTIC COMMAND. ...
  • MANA DRAIN. ...
  • FORCE OF WILL. One of the most unique, format-defining, standout cards in every regard, Force of Will was an easy lock for the top spot of this list.
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