Hexproof broken?

Shadow_Wraith
Shadow_Wraith Posts: 30
edited August 2016 in MtGPQ General Discussion
I understand this is easily a game changing ability thiugh I am confused my hexproofed creatures are still targeted, and destroyed, by multi target spells or abilities like Chandra's second ability or the blue mythic card that kills all creatures and summons 2 octopuses. Am I missing something about hexproof or is this a flaw in the abilities design?

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  • Morphis
    Morphis Posts: 975 Critical Contributor
    Hexproof works fine.

    Your creature cannot be targeted by spells, but is not immune to spells.

    So every spell that does not need a target will affect hexproof too.

    That said, going a little off topic and this is just my opinion, spells and effect that say for istance "kill the first creature" should work on hexproof cause they do not make you target it(you could look at it like a version of paper sacrifice mechanic).
    At this moment they do not.

    Not that it counts much for balancing purposes, just consistency with the description.
  • Valk
    Valk Posts: 13 Just Dropped In
    Hexproof works just like it does in paper magic, you can target it, your opponent can't target it. Global effects don't target so they apply to creates with hexproof. They just hit everything.
  • Shadow_Wraith
    Shadow_Wraith Posts: 30
    Ok, thanks for the clarification
  • Rootbreaker
    Rootbreaker Posts: 396
    Effects that hit the first creature are inconsistent as to whether they hit hexproof creatures. Most don't, but you can eliminate them with fleshbag marauder.
  • jimilinho_
    jimilinho_ Posts: 292
    Hexproof is just a terrible mechanic, Its one of the worst aspects of paper mtg and its the same in this. It's non-interactive and adds nothing to gameplay.

    Thank god crush of tentacles works against things like Gaea's revenge, imagine how much crazier hexproof would be if it didn't!
  • Morphling
    Morphling Posts: 28 Just Dropped In
    @Rootbreaker, Hexproof is "can't be the target of spells or abilities", Fleshbag is a creature. That's why it works.
  • Rootbreaker
    Rootbreaker Posts: 396
    Morphling wrote:
    @Rootbreaker, Hexproof is "can't be the target of spells or abilities", Fleshbag is a creature. That's why it works.
    And it has an ability that kills a creature.

    If targeting were as strict as it is in magic, creatures with hexproof would still be hit by anything without the word target in their card or rules text.

    Prism array would disable them, for instance.

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