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What does Hexproof prevent?

Hexproof protects against any spells or abilities that target. It doesn't protect from a specific color, card type, or effect, but from the word “target.” Whenever a spell or ability would let a player choose a target, permanents and players that have hexproof are protected from that targeting action.
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What is the Hexproof rule?

Hexproof means that the permanent cannot be targeted by spells or abilities that are controlled by the opponent's of the controller of the permanent. For example, Troll Ascetic cannot be targeted by your opponent's Doom Blade, but it can be targeted by your Titanic Growth.
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Does Hexproof protect from creatures?

Hexproof is a variation on an ability called shroud, which prevents creatures from being the target of any spell or ability, including yours.
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Does Hexproof stop destroy all creatures?

Save this answer. Show activity on this post. Yes, cards with "destroy all ..." don't target the permanents they affect, so Hexproof does not protect them from being destroyed. Generally speaking, if the word 'target' doesn't appear on the card, the spell or ability isn't targeting.
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Does Hexproof stop activated abilities?

Hexproof is a keyword ability that prevents a permanent or player from being the target of spells or abilities played by opponents. Using an activated ability isn't targeting it AND hexproof doesn't interfere with the owner (or the owner's allies in a multi-player game) targeting the creature regardless.
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What IS Hexproof?

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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Does Hexproof prevent counterspells?

The important distinction here is that the creature spell doesn't stop being a spell and start being a creature until the creature spell resolves. The creature has hexproof, the creature spell does not. As such, hexproof does not stop the creature spell from being targetted by a counterspell.
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Can Hexproof survive board wipes?

Granting hexproof to a permanent or player doesn't cause opponents' Auras to become unattached. A card that has 'hexproof' is still affected by board wipes that don't target specifically that card.
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Which is better Hexproof or indestructible?

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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What creature is Hexproof and indestructible?

Hexproof means the creature can't be targeted by a spell or ability controlled by an opponent. Indestructible means that the permanent with it can't be destroyed by effects that say destroy or when lethal damage is marked on it.
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What beats Hexproof?

Board wipes do kill hexproof cards.

Rather, board wipes will destroy, damage, or otherwise remove all creatures on the battlefield indiscriminately. As such, hexproof creatures will die to board wipes.
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Does Hexproof stop instants?

Making it impossible for your creatures to be targeted by your enemies, the Hexproof keyword provides protection, not just against instants and sorceries that would kill your minions, but against any and all types of interaction.
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Does Hexproof stop wrath of God?

Hexproof prevents you from targetting it. If you use [[wrath of god]] it will destroy all hexproof creatures but [[murder]] can't.
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Can you tap a Hexproof?

Yes, Emrakul will be tapped. Hexproof prevents a creature from being targeted by an opponent. Targeting is a very specific action in Magic, and only happens in three cases: A spell or ability has the word "target" in its text.
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Is shroud immune to deathtouch?

Because deathtouch does not target, shroud won't save a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the shroud creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result.
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Does Hexproof protect enchantments?

A creature that has hexproof can not be targeted by any spell that your opponents control, only generalized spells and abilities that do NOT say targeting, which includes aura enchantments.
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Does Protection beat Deathtouch?

Protection does prevent damage so deathtouch will not have anything to modify.
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Does Hexproof protect from planeswalkers?

So, in short: to protect your planeswalker from Fated Conflagration, you should use Simic Charm to give it hexproof, or similar. If you want to protect your planeswalker from other targeted burn spells, you should use Aegis of the Gods to prevent them from targeting you and redirecting the damage to your planeswalkers.
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Do shield counters prevent board wipes?

Shield counters only prevent damage (such as blocking a creature or being hit by a lightning bolt) or destruction effects, like a Murder or a board wipe. They don't stop the creature with the shield counter from being exiled, returned to your hand, or sacrificed.
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How many board wipes is too many?

Whilst traditional deck building templates have indicated as many as five to seven board wipes, the current word on the street is that around three to four is enough.
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Does Hexproof stop Lifelink?

Lifelink works as normal even if the lifelink creature deals damage to a creature with hexproof, ward, or shroud. This is because the lifelink ability doesn't target the creature itself at any point but rather directly gains you life.
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Does Hexproof stop proliferate?

Neither hexproof nor shroud or ward do anything against proliferate. The rules text specifically uses the word choose instead of “target.” Since you're not technically targeting anything, neither of these abilities work against it.
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Does Hexproof stop sacrifice?

No. Hexproof states that the creature cannot be targeted by spells or abilities that your opponent controls. If the spell or ability causing them to sacrifice targets the player and not the creature, it can still be sacrificed. Example “target OPPONENT sacrifices a creature”- hexproof creature can be sacrificed.
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Does first strike beat 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.
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Can Deathtouch destroy indestructible?

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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