news | June 05, 2026

How does Haktos the Unscarred work?

Haktos the Unscarred attacks each combat if able. As Haktos enters the battlefield, choose 2, 3, or 4 at random. Haktos has protection from each mana value other than the chosen number.

Can Haktos be blocked by tokens?

First, he cannot be blocked by token creatures that typically have a converted mana cost of zero. If someone wants to block Haktos they’re going to have to use an actual card.

Can Haktos be blocked?

Haktos can ONLY be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted or equipped by cards with a converted mana cost of 3.

Does protection work against abilities?

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.

Can Haktos equip?

He can’t be equipped by anything whose cmc he has protection from. Haktos looks at the converted mana cost of the card, which appears in the upper right corner of it. The cost of the equip ability does not matter.

Does protection from white stop wrath of God?

5 Answers. Yes, Wrath of God will kill all creatures with shroud. It will also kill all creatures that have protection from white. It won’t kill creatures that are indestructible.

Does protection from a color prevent blocking?

A creature with protection from a color “can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything” of that color.

Does Hexproof work against 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 protection mean you can’t block?

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!

When does haktos the unscarred get no protection?

There’s no point at which players can target it before it has gained the appropriate protection abilities. If Haktos somehow has no choice made for its ability, its last ability grants it no protection abilities.

Do you have to pay for haktos to attack?

If there’s a cost associated with having it attack, you aren’t forced to pay that cost, so it doesn’t have to attack in that case either. Haktos has protection from each possible mana value other than the chosen value, not just protection from the two options that weren’t randomly chosen.

How is the Mana value of a haktos token determined?

If a card or permanent in any other zone has in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0. The mana value of a token that isn’t a copy of another object is 0. A token that is a copy of another object has the same mana value as that object. A number is chosen randomly for Haktos before it enters the battlefield.