In a metagame where graveyard recursion strategies like Amber Emerald Dogs are everywhere, this is a massive advantage because it prevents the opponent from simply bringing their threat back to life the following turn
Putting a +1/+1 counter on your board whenever she attacks means that, if left unchecked, youll quickly have a double army of Rabbits and Mutants ready to be buffed
Commander decks are no different in this regard
In Magic: The Gathering, any spell with X in the casting cost suddenly becomes the biggest spell in the game, letting you do all sorts of wild things to push a game in your favor
No, indestructible doesn't technically prevent damage, it simply stops a creature from dying to lethal damage
I was also so proud to have created a card that brought squirrels back to Magic after nearly a decade, although the original design for Acorn Catapult was called Squirrel Cannon. The creative team at the time correctly pointed out that if it shot 1/1 Squirrels and did 1 point of damage, youd end up with a dead rodent rather than a live 1/1 token