No, creatures with shroud and hexproof can’t be targets, whether there are other targets (“up to two target creatures”) or not (“target creature”). They can be affected by things that don’t target at all (“destroy all creatures”), but that doesn’t make them “a” target.
What does shroud protect from?
Shroud is a keyword ability that prevents a permanent or player from being the target of spells or abilities.
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.
Is protection the same as shroud?
It is important to point out that Protection is different from the Shroud ability. Shroud prevents a permanent from being targeted by any spell or ability, regardless of the color, type, cost or source of the ability.
Does shroud prevent equipment?
Does Shroud Prevent Equipment? As part of the equip ability, the equipment is attached “to target creature you control.” Given that creatures with shroud can’t be the target of spells or abilities, that means they can’t be the target of equip abilities.
Is shroud a Hexproof?
Hexproof is the ‘fixed’ version of Shroud that does what players assumed Shroud did. Another static keyword ability, Hexproof means nobody but the permanent’s controller can target it with a spell or ability. Unlike Shroud, you are free to target your own things, but nobody else can.
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.
How do you prevent board wipes?
Creatures that can return themselves from the graveyard to hand or battlefield can keep you from ever running out of creatures. Exiling wraths dodge this technique as well.
- Don’t overextend.
- Play creatures that are effective against sweepers.
- Play non-creature threats.
- Play recursive creatures.
Does destroy all creatures work on Hexproof?
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.
Can you equip artifacts with shroud?
Can You Attach Equipment To Shroud? You cannot attach Equipment to a creature with a Shroud ability. The equip ability targets the creature you attach the Equipment to, so Shroud counters it.
What do you mean by shroud?
1 : the cloth placed over or around a dead body. 2 : something that covers or hides a shroud of secrecy. shroud.
Can I sacrifice a creature with shroud?
Sacrificing a creature breaks down to “choose a creature you control, and put it into your graveyard.” This asks them to choose a creature, not target one, so you are right that it is unaffected by the shroud.
Does Hexproof protect from 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.
What is the difference between Hexproof and 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.
What does protection from everything mean MTG?
702.16j “Protection from everything” is a variant of the protection ability. 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 destroy all work on indestructible?
Does destroy all kill indestructible creatures? Because indestructible cards can’t be destroyed by any effects which use the word ‘destroy’ on them, they are not affected by cards which say, ‘destroy all’.
Does indestructible stop trample?
Even though an indestructible creature isn’t destroyed by lethal damage, that definition is still used for things like assigning trample damage. If a creature with lethal damage on it stops being indestructible, it’s destroyed the next time state-based actions are checked.
Does first strike beat Deathtouch?
First strike indicates that damage is dealt before the other creature, and deathtouch says that any amount of damage dealt is enough to kill a creature. So my reaction was to say that the first striker would kill the death toucher before it could do any death touching.
Does Hexproof stop counterspell?
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.
How does protection from all colors work?
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 does protection from black mean?
The abilities of protection are best summed up with the acronym “D.E.B.T.”. D – All Damage that would be dealt from sources of that quality is prevented. For example, if a creature has protection from black, it cannot be dealt damage by black creatures or spells.
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.
What gets around Hexproof?
Creatures with hexproof cannot be targeted by spells and abilities that your opponent’s control.
Does double strike include first strike?
* Double strike isn’t first strike. Effects that make a creature lose first strike won’t make it lose double strike. * Creatures with double strike and creatures with first strike deal combat damage in the first combat damage step.
Can you exile a Hexproof creature?
scenario: if i use whip of erebos to bring reaper of the wilds to the field from the graveyard, then use it’s ability to give it hexproof, does it still get exiled at the end of my turn? Yes. Hexproof says “Cannot be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control”.
Can you target your own creature with Hexproof?
I think I’ve gone into hexproof in enough depth already, but TLDR: hexproof is essentially the same as shroud except you can still target your own creatures with spells and abilities while your opponents can’t. It’s a stronger version of the same effect.
Can you activate abilities of creatures with shroud?
Yes, the ability is a legal target. Shroud applies to the creature.
Why shroud is so popular?
He rose to prominence through the popularity of his twitch stream as well as his talent in the game which he displayed in ESEA-M with Slow Motion and then with Exertus and Manajuma in ESEA Invite. He is mostly known for his lurking and clutching ability, as well as his weapon accuracy.
What is the opposite of shroud?
Antonyms. unsheathe uncover unwind uncoil unveil show. winding-clothes burial garment cerement winding-sheet. shroud (English)
What is Hexproof magic?
Hexproof. 702.11a Hexproof is a static ability. 702.11b “Hexproof” on a permanent means “This permanent can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.” 702.11c “Hexproof” on a player means “You can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.”
How does Protection creature work?
MTG Protection Rules
“Protection”. If a creature has protection from a particular [quality] like white or dragons, you cannot use that something to block the creature. Similarly, you can’t use [quality] spells or [quality] to target that creature. It’s immune to all damage dealt by a [quality] source.
Does protection from a color prevent board wipes?
Does Protection Work Against Board Wipes? This can be a little more complicated, but let’s go back to the DEBT acronym. Protection stops damage, enchanting/equipping, blocking, and targeting. It doesn’t do anything against any other kinds of effects.
Is sacrificing destroying MTG?
Sacrificing a permanent doesn’t destroy it, so regeneration or other effects that replace destruction can’t affect this action.
Does Hexproof work against Planeswalkers?
But there is a surprising Standard-legal card that can protect your planeswalkers – Aegis of the Gods. Since you have hexproof, your opponent cannot target you with Shock, meaning they won’t be able to damage your planeswalker with the Shock.
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.
Is Ward replacing Hexproof?
Don’t worry though, Ward won’t actually be replacing Hexproof, it’s just another weapon in Wizards’ arsenal to make Magic even more interesting.
Does Ward work against Planeswalkers?
Does Ward Work Against Planeswalker Abilities? Ward does work against planeswalker abilities. Just like with shroud and hexproof, anything that targets the permanent with ward has to pay the tax or it’s countered.
Do instants work on Hexproof?
As such, hexproof protects against instants and sorceries that target my permanent. It also protects against abilities that target it, such as from planeswalkers, artifacts, or enchantments. Furthermore, this means that hexproof doesn’t protect against my own spells or abilities.
Do enchantments work on Hexproof?
A creature with hexproof can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. This means that you can load your hexproof creature up with enchantments or cast a spell that gives it +3/+3 in combat, and most of your opponents’ removal spells won’t help them. (See why hexproof is so polarizing?)
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.
Can Progenitus be killed?
The only ways to kill Progenitus would be to either counterspell it, sacrifice it yourself or get it discarded from your hand.
Does double strike counter 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 Lifelink work blocking?
Blocking with a creature that has protection from the creature with lifelink. Blocking with a creature and sacrificing it before the combat damage step. (However, if the attacking creature has both lifelink and trample, you’ll still take the damage and your opponent will still gain the life.)
Does Hexproof protect from destroy all creatures?
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.
How do you make land indestructible?
Terra Eternal. Eternal is a bit off-color for most land decks, but since you only need one white, it’s usually workable. Once fielded, this enchantment simply makes all lands indestructible.
Does First Strike stop trample?
The first strike keyword can stop Trample.
A creature with Trample and first strike is deadly in combat since it can kill its blockers without damage. Then it can safely deal the extra damage to the defending player. And it can safely do this trick multiple times.
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 destroy all work on indestructible?
Does destroy all kill indestructible creatures? Because indestructible cards can’t be destroyed by any effects which use the word ‘destroy’ on them, they are not affected by cards which say, ‘destroy all’.
Does double strike trample over?
In addition, all creatures with double strike assign combat damage again in the second step. If a creature has both double strike and trample, the combat damage it assigned during the first combat damage step will be considered when determining how much damage can trample through in the second combat damage step.
What’s the difference between Hexproof and shroud?
A permanent or player with shroud can’t be targeted by anyone, including you. Hexproof only stops your opponents’ spells and abilities, so you can still use your own effects. This means that hexproof cards can still interact with the rest of your deck, but shroud cards cannot.
Does enchant creature target?
When you’re casting the enchantment as a spell, yes. When the enchantment is brought into play in some other way, no. (Note that while hexproof and shroud only prevent targeting, protection prevents enchanting specifically.
Does prevent all damage stop destroy?
No, “prevent all damage” only prevents actual damage – the kind of thing that happens when a creature deals combat damage to you, or a spell or ability deals damage (it’ll actually say “damage”, like “Lightning Strike deals 3 damage to target creature or player”).
Does Hexproof protect from 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.
Does indestructible prevent destroy all creatures?
Creatures with indestructible are impervious to any effects that normally destroy creatures, such as: Damage (including combat damage) Any effects that “destroy” a creature.
Does protection from all colors protect from colorless?
No. Colorless is not a color. If you have to choose a color, you can’t choose colorless.