Just to confirm, the Flowstone effect would be considered a straight up break these days, right? Do you think you could rationalize it as a bend in the right set? I imagine nowadays you'd prefer to just have an effect that removes indestructibility ala Hour of Devastation for any sort of similar effect vs opponents

Red could flowstone (+N/-N) itself but probably not other creatures.

I'm not sure if it's still allowable nowadays, but in the color pie's favorite block Black did get Sudden Spoiling which removes indestructibility.

Ah, Time Spiral block, the gift that keeps on giving. Time Spiral, the set about the past, did this thing where it referenced cards that did something currently out of color pie (at the time) that had been done in the past. Sudden Spoiling is referencing the Arabian Nights card Sorceress Queen, the first card to ever have the effect. The ability had since moved to white and blue, but you know, Time Spiral.So no, that’s not a black effect. Also, at the time it was made, it didn’t remove indestructible because it wasn’t a keyword yet. (Yes, it was used, but not yet as a keyword.)

Hey Mark, while the The Scorpion God do indeed seems like a fun mechanical creature, it having zero of the trappings of previous gods (Theros, or Amonkhet) indestructibility, nor a prerequisite for being a creature makes it feel meh for me personally. Now it's just a big crature that have had the god creature type slapped on to it, which I find sad.

Think hard to kill rather than the narrower Indestructible.

frikkinerd-blog asked: Are there Planeswalkers who can't use magic? (Besides Planeswalking, of course.) Not so far. - Weeell Gideon pretty much just punches things, unless he is using Punch-o-mancy of cause. ;P

His indestructibility is magic.

Gideon isn't indestructible in the same way Superman or a darksteel creature is. His magic makes him indestructible, but he can run out of magic just like anyone else. Like how Chandra can't produce infinite fire or Liliana can't create infinite zombies.

Gideon has to turn on his indestructibility. If you can surprise him, you can hurt him.

I'm not super trilled with the idea of indestructible superseding regeneration Mark, Superman, or Gideon is indestructible, Deadpool, or a troll have regeneration the two words just conjures two very different images in my mind.

Sometimes gameplay has to trump flavor. Regeneration was confusing and didn’t match its name (it was more a buff). Limited indestructibility has similar gameplay (although not 100%) with way less confusion.

"White works best when it’s answers are restricted or answerable." I thought white gave up card advantage to have answers to any problem. If white can't exile creatuers, what is it supposed to do against Indestructibility?

White can exile creatures. I just like individual White removal cards to have restrictions. (For example, “Exile target attacking or blocking creature.”)

You use to print a lot of destruction spells that prevent regeneration. Thankfully you have pulled away with those, but its nice to have to occasional answer to regeneration and you occasionally give us one which is great... will we ever see destruction spells that ignore indestructibility?

It’s called “exile”. : )

I've notice that indestructibility is now appearing on some green instants and sorceries. I'm always interested to hear about the little shifts magic makes over time. What prompted this one?

Indestructible has been showing up in Green for quite a while. Green can have a pretty tough hide.

Is there any reason -other than flavor- to not just replace Regeneration with Indestructible or "[Cost]: [Card name] gains indestructible until end of turn"?

“Other than flavor” is a big deal. Skeletons and trolls wouldn’t fit. Also, mechanically, we don’t tend to use indestructibility often in black, one of the two regeneration colors.