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[[Category:Keyword actions]][[Category: Magic rules]] | [[Category:Keyword actions]][[Category: Magic rules]] | ||
==Example== | |||
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*<c>Murder</c> - {{1}}{{B}}{{B}}<br>Instant<br>Destroy target creature.<br> | |||
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==By color== | |||
===White=== | |||
White is best at destroying enchantments (<c>Demystify</c>). Early in ''Magic's'' history, it also had artifact destruction (<c>Disenchant</c>) in its wheelhouse. White has a few spells that destroy attacking creatures, but generally prefers to [[exile]] them instead. White also has [[board wipe]]s that destroy all permanents of a certain type, regardless of controller (<c>Wrath of God</c>, <c>Armageddon</c>) | |||
===Blue=== | |||
Blue has the least destruction of any color, compensating for this with [[counterspell]]s and spells that return permanents to owner's hands. A few spells (<c>Rapid Hybridization</c>) have been printed in blue that destroy a creature but reward the controller of the destroyed creature with a creature token. | |||
===Black=== | |||
Since the printing of <c>Terror</c> in Alpha, black has been the color of creature destruction in all forms. Occasionally, black also receives land destruction (<c>Sinkhole</c>) | |||
===Red=== | |||
Red has many spells which destroy lands (<c>Stone Rain</c>) and artifacts (<c>Smelt</c>). It has the second-most number of board wipes. It generally does not destroy creatures, instead killing them by dealing [[direct damage]]. | |||
===Green=== | |||
In ''Limited Edition Alpha'', green received <c>Desert Twister</c> that allowed destruction of any permanent. Since then, green has lost the ability to destroy creatures without flying, but retains destruction of creatures with flying (<c>Plummet</c>) as part of its theme of flying hate. It has a number of spells to destroy artifacts or enchantments (<c>Naturalize</c>), and occasionally also receives land destruction. | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Land destruction]] | |||
Revision as of 19:40, 25 February 2014
Destroy is a keyword action.
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Example
By color
White
White is best at destroying enchantments (Demystify). Early in Magic's history, it also had artifact destruction (Disenchant) in its wheelhouse. White has a few spells that destroy attacking creatures, but generally prefers to exile them instead. White also has board wipes that destroy all permanents of a certain type, regardless of controller (Wrath of God, Armageddon)
Blue
Blue has the least destruction of any color, compensating for this with counterspells and spells that return permanents to owner's hands. A few spells (Rapid Hybridization) have been printed in blue that destroy a creature but reward the controller of the destroyed creature with a creature token.
Black
Since the printing of Terror in Alpha, black has been the color of creature destruction in all forms. Occasionally, black also receives land destruction (Sinkhole)
Red
Red has many spells which destroy lands (Stone Rain) and artifacts (Smelt). It has the second-most number of board wipes. It generally does not destroy creatures, instead killing them by dealing direct damage.
Green
In Limited Edition Alpha, green received Desert Twister that allowed destruction of any permanent. Since then, green has lost the ability to destroy creatures without flying, but retains destruction of creatures with flying (Plummet) as part of its theme of flying hate. It has a number of spells to destroy artifacts or enchantments (Naturalize), and occasionally also receives land destruction.