Heroic Intervention
Instant
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Why is this card good?
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Different effect but Heroic alt; actually consider protection - skip
Gives your permanents indestructible until end of turn.
Green instant granting indestructible to your creatures plus card draw.
Cheap green instant giving your creatures indestructible against wraths.
One-mana green instant granting hexproof and indestructible to a permanent.
Cheap green instant protecting against targeted removal and counters.
Flexible instant that can also protect, but mainly removal—similar protective tool.
Green instant granting hexproof plus a pump to save a creature.
Printings (26)
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Played by these commanders
Combos (6)
- Twinning Staff + Heroic Intervention + Chain of Acid
→ Destroy all noncreature permanents opponents control, Infinite magecraft triggers, Mass Land Denial
- Cacophodon + Hammerfist Giant + Heroic Intervention
→ Infinite damage
- Red Hulk + Screaming Nemesis + Heroic Intervention
→ Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage to one opponent
- Red Hulk + Boros Reckoner + Heroic Intervention
→ Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage to one opponent
- Sonic the Hedgehog + Krark-Clan Shaman + Heroic Intervention
→ Infinite tapped Treasure tokens, Infinite damage to creatures
- Red Hulk + Spitemare + Heroic Intervention
→ Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite damage to one opponent
Rulings (3)
- 2023-07-28
A battle with indestructible still loses defense counters as it's dealt damage. If it's a Siege, it will still be exiled when the last defense counter is removed from it, and its controller may still cast it transformed without paying its mana cost.
- 2020-06-23
A planeswalker with indestructible still loses loyalty counters as it's dealt damage and will still be put into its owner's graveyard if its loyalty reaches 0.
- 2020-06-23
The set of permanents affected by Heroic Intervention is determined as the spell resolves. Permanents you begin to control later in the turn won't gain hexproof and indestructible.