Does shielding plax grant the keyword hexproof?
Asked by Chomp16 3 years ago
My opponent had a Shadowspear and I had a Shielding Plax on a creature. Shielding plax doesn't actually say hexproof on it, so can the shadowspear remove its protection?
Tylord2894 says... Accepted answer #2
To FSims81's point, the "protection" that Shielding Plax gives isn't Hexproof for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, Plax doesn't say and it hasn't been errata-ed to say "Hexproof". But why?
A creature with Hexproof can't be the target of spells and abilities controlled by the opponents of that creature's controller. In other words, my Slippery Bogle can't be the target of your spells/abilities. However, Plax says that the enchanted creature can't be the target of spells/abilities that your opponents control. So, a creature enchanted with Plax can't be the target of spells/abilities controlled by the opponents of Plax's controller. In other words, if you enchant my Bear Cub with Shielding Plax , I can't target it with Giant Growth , but you can still Murder it.
TL;DR, Plax doesn't give Hexproof because you can still target the enchanted creature even if you don't control that creature.
Hope this helps!!
FSims81 says... #1
Per the rulings for Shielding Plax on Gatherer this is not the same as Hexproof so Shadowspear would not be removing anything from the creature enchanted with Plax unless it also had hexproof or indestructible from another source.
July 14, 2020 1:13 p.m.