Protection from [quality] (This can’t be blocked, targeted, dealt damage, enchanted, or equipped by anything [quality].) Protection from [quality] is an evergreen keyword ability that grants several different effects to the permanent or player it is affecting.

What does protection from artifacts mean?

Protection from X means the following: Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this object by a source of quality X. This object can’t be enchanted or equipped by objects of quality X. This object can’t be blocked by creatures of quality X. This object can’t be targeted by spells or abilities of quality X.

What does protection from everything mean?

“Protection from everything” means the following: Progenitus can’t be blocked, Progenitus can’t be enchanted or equipped, Progenitus can’t be the target of spells or abilities, and all damage that would be dealt to Progenitus is prevented.

What does protection from white mean?

Some people think protection from white will mean that their Sword of War and Peace-holding creature doesn’t get a boost from their Honor of the Pure. Put simply, Protection stops only four things, and they can be remembered with a useful mnemonic: D.E.B.T.

Can Day of Judgment destroy protection from white?

4 Answers. Yes, Day of Judgement will destroy a creature with Protection from White.

What does protection mean in Magic The Gathering?

Taken from the MTG Wiki: Protection is commonly misunderstood as complete exemption from permanents, and effects created by cards, with the specified quality. However, protection is defined by a relatively narrow set of rules, which are often communicated using the mnemonic acronym DEBT.

What does protection 702.15a mean in Magic The Gathering?

Protection 702.15a Protection is a static ability, written “Protection from [quality].” This quality is usually a color (as in “protection from black”) but can be any characteristic value. If the quality happens to be a card name, it is treated as such only if the protection ability specifies that the quality is a name.

Can a creature with protection be affected by any color of magic?

A creature with protection from one or more colors of magic cannot be affected by any magic of those colors. For example, a creature with protection from blue cannot be blocked by blue creatures, dealt damage by blue creatures, or enchanted, damaged, or otherwise affected by blue cards.

What happens when a creature gains protection from black?

For example, if a creature has protection from black, it cannot be enchanted by black enchantments; or by black equipment. If a creature gains protection from the quality after it has already been enchanted/equipped, the attached cards will detach and go where the rules would normally force them to go in that circumstance.