Does infect work on indestructible?

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Damage dealt with infect is able to kill Indestructible creatures. This is because sources with infect deal damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters, which eventually can reduce the creature’s toughness to 0 or less.

Is infect good MTG?

Infect is no good because it is too slow. It takes longer (and is harder) to pay for, keep alive on the board, and swing with infect creatures to do 10 points of poison damage than to do 20 points of non infect damage.

Does indestructible protect against destroy all creatures?

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 trample work with infect?

Infect does damage in -1/-1 counters to creatures and poison counters to players. Trample requires lethal damage to go through to the player.

Does destroy deal damage MTG?

Destroy doesn’t mean that any damage is being dealt. As per the comp rules it quite literally just means that you move that/those creatures from the battlefield to the graveyard.

Is infect good in modern?

Infect has the capability to be just about the fastest deck in Modern. Capable of turn-2 kills thanks to cards such as Mutagenic Growth and Become Immense, some games are over before they’ve even properly begun.

Is Indestructible an ability?

Indestructible, a static ability, is defined in the rules as a permanent that “can’t be destroyed.” Those permanents “aren’t destroyed by lethal damage, and they ignore the state-based action that checks for lethal damage.”

Does trample go over indestructible?

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

What kills an indestructible creature?

A creature with indestructible can die as a result of anything that is not damage (Lightning Bolt) and does not explicitly use the word ‘destroy’ (Doom Blade). And of course, they can be exiled, returned to their owner’s hand, or put back into their owner’s library.

Is Hexproof better than indestructible?

If the creature is fat, or recurrable, hexproof > indestructible. If the creature is small, indestructible > hexproof. This. I feel that while Hexproof is better in general, the ooze is the better option.