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Does damage prevention stop a destroy effect?

Several community members give the same answer in the forum threads; no official ruling.

  • dream_rpg · Community · 2013-05-01
  • Elgar · Community · 2013-05-03
  • General_Norris · Community · 2013-05-02

No. Destroy effects like Murder are not damage, so preventing damage does not save the creature. Only indestructible, regeneration or similar effects do.

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