Hey guys, I really like this card I have called Yahenni's Expertise and some other debuff cards like it. I'm just wondering if the -3/-3 destroys creatures with 3 or less toughness or do they get put back into play at the end of the turn?
Thanks for any help
Creatures with zero toughness die as a state based effect, so yes, if a creature has 3 toughness or less when Expertise resolves, it does not come back at the end of the turn.
Note, that a creature with 0 or less toughness isn't destroyed by state based actions, it is just put into its owner's graveyard. While the end result is normally the same, some things do care about the difference. For example, regeneration or totem armor cannot save the creatue since it isn't being destroyed, and being indestructible also doesn't help against a death from having 0 or less toughness.
Thanks for any help
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