news | June 04, 2026

Do minus 1 counters kill indestructible?

There is nothing “magical” about -1/-1 counters that removes indestructibility, it is just that if the counters reduces the creature’s toughness to 0 or less, the creature gets put into owners graveyard. Indestructible creatures can’t be destroyed, but this isn’t destruction.

Does Damage destroy indestructible?

Absolutely. Indestructible does not prevent damage, it prevents damage from causing a creature to be destroyed. That damage needs to be done for lifelink to happen, and in the case of wither or infect, still will kill an indestructible creature due to loss of toughness.

How do you destroy an indestructible creature?

How to Destroy an Indestructible Creature

  1. Exile It. If you can’t face your problems, send them somewhere else.
  2. Reduce Its Toughness to 0.
  3. Make Your Opponent Sacrifice It.
  4. Counter It.
  5. Enchant It.
  6. Discard It from Your Opponent’s Hand.
  7. Send It to Your Opponent’s Library.
  8. Bounce It Back to Your Opponent’s Hand.

Can creatures with indestructible die from combat damage?

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

What is an indestructible counter?

Basically what indestructible does is it stops the permanent from going to the graveyard from damage or destroy effects. What it won’t stop are sacrificing and -1/-1 effects. If a creature has 0 or less toughness, it is moved to the graveyard as a State Based Action and nothing can be done about it.

Can Kill indestructible MTG?

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.

Does indestructible block trample?

Indestructible creatures still get assigned damage, so the rest can still trample through.

Can Deathtouch destroy indestructible?

Does desthtouch defeat indestructible? No, deathtouch causes “lethal damage” to creatures, indestructible creatures cannot be killed by “lethal damage”. 702.2a Deathtouch is a static ability.

Does Hexproof negate Deathtouch?

No it doesn’t. Deathtouch on a creature just means that if that creature deals damage to another creature, be it combat or non-combat, that the creature dealt damage will be destroyed. The deathtouch ability doesn’t target anything so hexproof will not save a creature dealt damage with deathtouch.

Can you kill an indestructible creature in RuneScape?

and the answer is no, the indestructible creature will survive. See the part of your quote that says: “such permanents aren’t destroyed by lethal damage, and they ignore the state-based action that checks for lethal damage.”

Can a permanent that is indestructible be destroyed?

702.12b A permanent with indestructible can’t be destroyed. Such permanents aren’t destroyed by lethal damage, and they ignore the state-based action that checks for lethal damage (see rule 704.5g). 702.12c Multiple instances of indestructible on the same permanent are redundant.

What does it mean when a creature is indestructible?

Indestructible simply means this permanent can’t be destroyed. That’s it. Any other means of killing a creature (reducing its toughness to 0 or less, causing it to be sacrificed) still puts that creature into its owner’s graveyard. Neither 0 or less toughness nor sacrifice cause a creature to be destroyed. I’m curious now.

Can you kill an indestructible creature with tragic slip?

Toughness is more like a Max Health attribute if anything.) It could however be killed by tragic slip’s -13/-13 effect (use the lightning bolt to kill something else for this), or by Grasp of Darkness, either of which will reduce its toughness to 0 or less, which removes even indestructible creatures.