Can you sacrifice an indestructible in Magic The Gathering?
Yes, you can sacrifice an indestructible creature in Magic The Gathering, as indecstructibility does not prevent a creature from being sacrificed, it only prevents it from being destroyed. Indestructible creatures can still be put into their owner’s graveyard by other means, such as by the “legend rule”, by being sacrificed, or having zero or less toughness.
Understanding Indestructible and Sacrifice
To delve deeper into the concept of indestructible and sacrifice in Magic The Gathering, it’s essential to understand the game’s rules and terminology. Indestructible is a keyword ability that means the creature cannot be destroyed by effects that say “destroy” or by the two state-based actions that destroy a creature for having lethal damage marked on them. On the other hand, sacrificing a creature involves moving it from the battlefield directly to its owner’s graveyard.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What happens if you sacrifice an indestructible MTG?
Sacrificing an indestructible creature will still put it into its owner’s graveyard, as indecstructibility does not interact with sacrifices.
2. How do you destroy an indestructible card in Magic The Gathering?
You can exile it, reduce its toughness to 0, make your opponent sacrifice it, counter it, enchant it, discard it from your opponent’s hand, or send it to your opponent’s library.
3. Does board wipe kill indestructible?
If the board wipe destroys or damages creatures, indestructible creatures would be unaffected. However, if the board wipe exiles or gives -X/-X to creatures, indestructible creatures would be affected.
4. What are the rules for sacrifice in Magic The Gathering?
To sacrifice a permanent, its controller moves it from the battlefield directly to its owner’s graveyard. A player can’t sacrifice something that isn’t a permanent or something that’s a permanent they don’t control.
5. Can you sacrifice a creature anytime in Magic?
No, you can’t just choose to sacrifice a creature anytime you feel like it; you need something on a card to enable or trigger it.
6. Can Deathtouch kill indestructible?
No, Deathtouch causes lethal damage to creatures, but indestructible creatures cannot be killed by lethal damage.
7. Does Deathtouch cancel indestructible?
No, Deathtouch doesn’t cancel indestructible. Since indestructible can’t be destroyed by rules, it gets rid of Deathtouch.
8. Can you kill indestructible with counters?
Yes, you can use counters to kill indestructible creatures by reducing their toughness to 0.
9. Can I target an indestructible?
Yes, you can target an indestructible creature, but indecstructibility will prevent it from being destroyed by effects that say “destroy”.
10. Can indestructible be blocked?
Yes, indestructible creatures can be blocked just fine, but they don’t care about the effects of normal combat damage since lethal damage does not destroy them.
11. How do you destroy indestructible and Hexproof?
You can use Devour Flesh or put a bunch of -1/-1 counters on everything, or make them sacrifice their creatures.
12. Can you sacrifice a creature if it has indestructible?
Yes, indestructible stops destruction from effects that say to “destroy” and from the two state-based actions that destroy a creature for having lethal damage marked on them, but it does not stop sacrificing.
13. Can you bury an indestructible creature in Magic The Gathering?
The old bury wording doesn’t hurt indestructible cards because they can’t be destroyed.
14. Can indestructible creatures be destroyed by damage?
No, indestructible literally means “cannot be destroyed“. An indestructible creature can’t be destroyed by combat damage or by “destroy” effects.
15. Does first strike beat Deathtouch?
A creature with first strike will hit first, and can possibly kill the Deathtouch creature before it has a chance to hit. If it does, then the Deathtouch creature dies, and nothing happens to the first strike creature. In order for Deathtouch to do anything, the creature has to hit first.