Something with protection can still be countered. Something with “can’t be countered” can still be targeted. Abilities of permanent cards normally only work when the object is on the battlefield [CR 112.6]. But you can’t counter something on the battlefield.
Can a spell with protection from blue be countered?
Protection from blue (This creature can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything blue.) : Shifting Ceratops gains your choice of reach, trample, or haste until end of turn. This spell can’t be countered. This spell can’t be countered.
Can you block a creature that has protection from your color?
A creature with protection from a color “can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything” of that color. Now that’s a mouthful! Let’s go through those cases one by one. Can’t be Blocked: A creature with protection from X can’t be blocked by creatures with X quality.
Can Teferis protection be countered?
If a spell or ability is on the stack with only one target (you) and you play Teferi’s Protection in response, that spell or ability will no longer have a valid target and will be countered by the rules. None of its effects will happen. Any damage you would be dealt will be prevented.
Can a creature with protection be destroyed?
Yes, Day of Judgement will destroy a creature with Protection from White.
Can you counter a card with protection?
Something with protection can still be countered. Something with “can’t be countered” can still be targeted. Abilities of permanent cards normally only work when the object is on the battlefield [CR 112.6]. But you can’t counter something on the battlefield.
Does protection stop trample?
As it turns out (and possibly counterintuitively), trample does go through protection. The point is that the attacker must assign lethal damage to the defending creature, and then they are free to assign the rest to the player.
Do board wipes affect protection?
It doesn’t do anything against any other kinds of effects. So what is the board wipe in question doing? If we’re looking at your typical white wrath effect like Shatter the Sky or Doomskar, then protection won’t do anything.
Can a player with protection be attacked?
A permanent or player with protection from everything has protection from each object regardless of that object’s characteristic values. Such a permanent or player can’t be targeted by spells or abilities and can’t be enchanted by Auras.
Does Teferi’s protection stop commander damage?
Protection from everything will usually prevent damage if it would be dealt to you, but some damage can’t be prevented.
Can you cast spells after Teferi’s protection?
Can I cast spells while Teferi’s Protection is in effect? Yes. Nothing in Teferi’s Protection says otherwise. Having no permanents (until your next turn) might make that challenging, but the card itself does not prevent you from casting spells.
Can I target my own creature with protection?
Since all creatures have protection from red, and all cards are red, that means creatures can’t be blocked, targeted, enchanted, or equipped, and all damage to them is prevented. This protects our creatures, of course, but it also means our opponents can’t target or enchant their own creatures with anything!
Does protection from a color remove enchantments?
(It’s protected from being targeted.) Colored Auras already attached to the permanent won’t fall off. (It’s not protected from being enchanted.) You can attach a colored Aura the permanent protected by Spectra Ward.
Does Hexproof protect counterspell?
Nope, the counterspell targets the creature spell, which doesn’t have hexproof. Only creature permanents have hexproof, because it is a static ability that only affects creatures, which the spell on the stack is not.
Can shield counters stack?
Like all other counters, if the creature leaves the battlefield for any reason, the counters fall off of it. However, unlike keyword counters (such as flying or trample counters), shield counters stack. If a creature has multiple shield counters on it, they will fall off one by one rather than at the same time.
Can two creatures with protection block?
No. If two creatures have protection from each other, they still cannot block each other or bypass each others’ protection. If a creature has protection from red, that means only that it can’t be DEBT: D ealt damage by red sources.
Does trample work if the creature dies?
Does Trample Go Through If My Creature Dies? If your creature dies in combat, the excess damage is still dealt to the defending player. However, if it is destroyed another way before it has dealt combat damage to the blocking creatures, no damage can be dealt at all.
Does Cyclonic Rift work on Shroud?
Wrath of God can destroy creatures with Hexproof or Shroud because it does not contain the word “target”. Cyclonic Rift is normally targeted, but if it was cast for the Overload cost, then the word “target” is replaced with the word “each”, so the spell as it exists on the stack doesn’t contain the word “target”.
Does protection stop infect?
Teferi’s Protection does work against Infect. You missed a relevant part of the spell’s text (emphasis mine): Until your next turn, your life total can’t change and you gain protection from everything. All permanents you control phase out.
Does phasing trigger ETB?
Does phasing trigger ETB or LTB effects? No, it doesn’t. For the same reason that auras and equipments don’t fall off during phasing, ETB (enter the battlefield) and LTB (leave the battlefield) triggers don’t go off. Because the permanent didn’t change zones, nothing left or entered the battlefield.
How does Teferi’s ageless insight work?
Because Teferi’s Ageless Insight is legendary, it’s unlikely that one player will control two. However, if that happens, each card that player would draw after the first will result in four cards being drawn.
The Sandman Will Keep You Awake – The Loop.
| Name | Teferi’s Ageless Insight |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Rare |
How does Teferi puzzle box work?
Each player puts all artifact, creature, land, and planeswalker cards revealed this way onto the battlefield, then does the same for enchantment cards, then puts all cards revealed this way that weren’t put onto the battlefield on the bottom of their library in any order.
How does protection from a player work MTG?
702.16k. “Protection from [a player]” is a variant of the protection ability. A permanent with protection from a specific player has protection from each object the player controls and protection from each object the player owns not controlled by another player, regardless of that object’s characteristic values.
What does protection from all colors mean?
Protection from a color means that the target creature can’t be blocked by creatures of that color, can’t be the target of spells of that color or abilities from sources of that color, can’t be enchanted or equipped by Auras or Equipment of that color, and all damage that sources of that color would deal to it is …
What is God’s wrath in the Bible?
Our anger can often be unpredictable, petty, and disproportionate. Although these things are often true of human anger, none of them are true of the anger of God. God’s wrath is the just and measured response of his holiness toward evil.
What does Hexproof protect against?
Hexproof is an evergreen keyword ability that prevents a permanent or player from being the target of spells or abilities played by opponents.
Does shroud stop enchantments?
A creature with shroud cannot be the target of any spell or ability — including yours! No combat tricks, no enchantments, no equipping — nothing! If a permanent gains shroud, any other permanents that were previously attached to it or affecting it will still apply.
Does Hexproof stop trample?
Because combat damage is not targeted, and Trample does not target the blocking creatures nor the defending player, Hexproof will not protect creatures or players from this damage.
Does Hexproof stop can’t be countered?
Yes, you can counter a hexproof creature. A creature spell on the stack counts as a spell and not as a permanent. Hexproof is an ability that affects the card as long as it’s a permanent, so you can absolutely counter it.
Does shield counter stop sacrifice?
Shield counters don’t prevent players from sacrificing creatures. Removing a shield counter in this way isn’t the same as regenerating a creature. If a permanent that would be dealt damage has more than one shield counter on it, that damage is prevented and only one shield counter is removed.
Do shield counters prevent destroy?
Shield Counters are a counter that prevent damage or destruction of the permanent that they are placed on. Whenever a Shield Counter prevents damage to or the destruction of a permanent, it is then removed from that permanent. Damage prevention includes combat damage, damage from spells, and damage from abilities.
Does Deathtouch work on Planeswalkers?
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker. Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Does trample go through Planeswalkers?
Trample is a keyword ability that changes the rules for assigning damage in the Combat Damage Step. An attacker with trample deals excess damage to the defending player or planeswalker even if it is blocked.
Does prevent all damage stop trample?
Prevention effects can only prevent the trample damage that is assigned to a creature. There are many ways to prevent damage that would be dealt to or by a creature.
Does double strike hit a player twice?
Does Double Strike Hit a Player Twice? Yes. Double strike makes your creature deal damage once as if it had first strike and then again during the regular damage step. This means that when hitting either a creature, a player, or a planeswalker, they’re dealt damage equal to the creature’s power twice.
Can Progenitus be killed?
Sorry to say that but if Progenitus has protection from everything, it includes WHITE, which is Wrath of God’s color, and so preventing it to be removed from the battlefield. The only ways to kill Progenitus would be to either counterspell it, sacrifice it yourself or get it discarded from your hand.
Can Progenitus be exiled?
You cannot exile Progenitus or True-Name Nemesis. “Protection from everything” has a specific meaning in the rules: 702.16j “Protection from everything” is a variant of the protection ability. A permanent with protection from everything has protection from each object regardless of that object’s characteristic values.
Can you mutate onto shroud?
Mutate is a targeted ability, which means that shroud creatures can never be the target for it.
Does indestructible prevent board wipes?
Most board wipes “destroy” creatures, so one way to protect your creatures (and permanents) is to buff them with the “indestructible”keyword.
Does overload target?
Because a spell with overload doesn’t target when its overload cost is paid, it may affect permanents with hexproof or with protection from the appropriate color. For example, if you cast Blustersquall and pay its overload cost, creatures you don’t control with protection from blue will be tapped.
Can you deflecting SWAT an overloaded Cyclonic Rift?
Cyclonic Rift isn’t deflected by Hexproof or Indestructible or even Protection from Blue – It’s one of the tougher to avoid boardwipes in the game, and has won many games. If you have a player who runs it in every Blue deck (probably a good idea.)
Do and +1 counters cancel out?
If a creature ever has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, the two kinds of counters immediately “cancel out,” one for one, until only one kind of counter remains.
Does phasing give summoning sickness?
Phasing doesn’t have any effect on “summoning sickness” and never has. When a creature phases out, it is still considered being on the battlefield (albeit its still phased out). So really, when a creature phases back in, it will never have summoning sickness.
Does questing beast prevent protection?
Questing Beast only stops combat damage from being prevented by effects that specifically use the word “prevent.”
Can you block protection from creatures?
As you noted, a creature with protection from something can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything that has that “something” quality. That quality is usually one or more colors.