Indestructible

Indestructible is a static ability. A permanent with indestructible can't be destroyed by effects that say destroy, and lethal damage doesn't destroy it either. The reminder text makes this clear: damage and effects that say destroy don't destroy the permanent. It still can be exiled, sacrificed, returned to its owner's hand or library, or have its toughness reduced to 0.

In play, indestructible makes a creature very hard to remove in combat, since it can attack and block without dying from damage. Indestructible artifacts and enchantments shrug off destroy-based removal, so opponents need other answers like exile or sacrifice effects. That resilience can buy time, protect key pieces, and force opponents to find specific answers.

• In this catalog, Indestructible appears on 116 unique cards, with 445 printings across 140 sets.
• The earliest printed card here is from Arena League 2004; the newest set represented is Mystery Booster Commander Edition.
• These cards are mostly colorless or spread across colors. Card types include Creature (80), Artifact (51), Enchantment (23), Land (13), and Sorcery (1).
• Rarities seen include rare, mythic, uncommon, common, and special.
• Most-printed cards in the list include Darksteel Citadel, Zetalpa, Primal Dawn, Darksteel Ingot, Avacyn, Angel of Hope, The One Ring, Brash Taunter, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Toski, Bearer of Secrets, Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre, Cascading Cataracts, Mithril Coat, and Purphoros, God of the Forge.