How to defeat "Phyrexian vindicator" if it doesn't take damage...?

[skyhrg]

Except for removal? How is this even allowed? And it only costs 4 white...

[Velamont]

exile or enchant it so it can'tdo ♥♥♥♥

[skyhrg]

Right but except for those... Those are just hard removals. It feels like skill isn't quite rewarded in this game...

[Velamont]

The fk is skill? You want to just mindlessly spam creatures? That's no skill at all.

[Nanaki]

Be blue and take it over :p

[Krisys]

In some games you can just ignore it and kill the enemy faster with flyers / burn. Lifegain helps too. But the most usual method is counterspell / destruction / exile.

[skyhrg]

Originally posted by Krisys:

In some games you can just ignore it and kill the enemy faster with flyers / burn. Lifegain helps too. But the most usual method is counterspell / destruction / exile.

What do you mean counterspell? Isn't vindicator a creature?

[vovanvoks]

Exile, enchant, counter, bring to your side … what is the problem?

[Berserkr]

I've seen people also drop it to quickly turn Heliod, Sun-Crowned into a creature to attack with both
@skyhrg counterspells can counter creatures in MTG as all cards in MTG are considered spells

[The Sylvan Learning Center]

Block it with a 0 power creature

[skyhrg]

Originally posted by Berserkr:

@skyhrg counterspells can counter creatures in MTG as all cards in MTG are considered spells

Ohhhhh ok. Wow, that's very interesting...!

[Berserkr]

Originally posted by skyhrg:

Originally posted by Berserkr:

@skyhrg counterspells can counter creatures in MTG as all cards in MTG are considered spells

Ohhhhh ok. Wow, that's very interesting...!

Wait till you play against a blue "mother may I" deck you'll see lol

[Nubbles]

Dont remove it... Steal it! Invoke the winds ftw!

[the.sightless.jayfeather]

Vindicator is a white version of the infamous Obliterator, a card with a similar effect. Obliterator does take damage but every point of damage it takes makes you sacrifice a permanent - counting if you deal more damage than it has toughness. They cost the same but different colors (Obliterator is black mana)

Vindicator is balanced under the idea that it requires you have AT LEAST 4 plains on the field to summon it, making it better suited to a mono white or at least two color deck than anything else. It's also a mythic but that's not important. Vindicator can be taken out by kill spells, forced sacrifice, exile, prison (exile under x card until x card leaves the field), wrath (destroy all creatures), enchantments, and effects that don't let it attack (Kaito from All Will Be One for example). If it is on the stack (meaning your opponent is casting it but it hasn't gone through yet) then you can counterspell it if you have one in hand, keep in mind that counterspells may have conditions to them so the best in this case would simply read "Counter target spell" or "Counter target creature spell" but if they're tapped out (all mana has been spent) then use a cheaper spell that may read something like "Counter target spell unless its controller pays 1 mana"

[River]

Deathtouch/Trample, enchant, destroy, exile, force tap, direct damage. There's a lot of ways to deal with it. If your deck doesn't have even one, either accept that's a GG on your part when that card enters (like I do with my counter decks when Solemnity comes in), or update your deck to deal with it. Sorry, but the opponent is allowed to counter your plays, just like you can counter theirs.

[ghost_prototype]

There are some cards that say "damage can't be prevented this turn"