This may sound dumb but I want to be sure.
Using say a {Boros Charm} (giving indestructible ) would do nothing to a {Killing Wave} because sacrifice is different than destroy, correct?
Correct
Destroy=/=sacrifice
Yea. Different. But both goes to the graveyard.
Wouldn't help with {Mutilate} either.
Also {Regeneration} would be as useless.
Basically indestructible means "cannot be destroyed".
So anything that destroys, or say destroy, does not destroy it.
Rules wise, lethal damage is a form of destroy, if I did not recall wrongly, and hence is protected by indestructible.
Having a toughness lower or equal to zero is a state-base check which puts the creature to the graveyard, therefore not a "destroy".
What happens if someone casts {Dead Weight} on your {Lotleth Troll}, but when opponent casts the card you Activate the trolls regeneration ability? Does it regenerate?
Quote from: Agarrita80 on May 31, 2013, 04:35:31 AM
What happens if someone casts {Dead Weight} on your {Lotleth Troll}, but when opponent casts the card you Activate the trolls regeneration ability? Does it regenerate?
{Dead Weight} never deals damage to the Troll or attempts to destroy it. It simply reduces the power and toughness. After state base is checked, {Lotleth Troll} has power less than (or equal to, depending on toughness) 0, causing it to die. However you can respond to the weight by ditching a few dudes to the Troll in order to give him a few counters to keep him alive before the weight resolves. The regeneration is useless in this case though. No lethal damage or destroy effects happen.
K thanks!