Chandra's scorching strike and hexproof.

Blasphemous
Blasphemous Posts: 22
edited July 2016 in MtGPQ Bugs & Technical Issues
Chandra's scorching strike damages through the hexproof buff from the new event sphinx card. I've sent a ticket in on this already.

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  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    You mean her second ability? That is not targeted damage, so it should hit hexproof creatures.
  • HomeRn
    HomeRn Posts: 330 Mover and Shaker
    Yep. majincob hits it right on the nose - this is not a bug or a glitch - this is working as intended through wording. Chandra hits ALL enemy creatures... period.
  • Blasphemous
    Blasphemous Posts: 22
    Guess I misunderstood the hexproof when it says "cannot be targeted by enemy spells and abilities". Mass ae spells are the exception then. Got it now.
  • TheLaughingMann
    TheLaughingMann Posts: 39
    majincob wrote:
    You mean her second ability? That is not targeted damage, so it should hit hexproof creatures.

    That's right. Usually, any targeted card/ability effect won't hit a Hexproof card. But effects hitting all monsters on the field still count.

    But what of Planeswalkers' Loyalty-based abilities? I wasn't sure if they still affected Hexproof'd creatures with their one-target abilities (like Ob Nixilius's LV 2 murder ability).
  • raidan
    raidan Posts: 128
    It is also worth noting that disabled creatures lose their hexproof ability while disabled.
  • sageofhalo451
    sageofhalo451 Posts: 44 Just Dropped In
    Yup. Hexproof trumps single target effects but is trumped by disable(some not all? not sure) and mass targeting effects.

    Crush of Tentacles and Displacement Wave and maybe Great Aurora penetrate hexproof. Things like Languish should as well.

    As for disable I haven't tested it but I know that the disable from Prism Array penetrates hexproof and you can then use single target on them since the hexproof is inactivated.

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