Greetings,
Decimate is targetting Artifact Enchantment Land Creature (animated Inkmoth Nexus with Enchanted Evening out, let's say) four times.

Will this target be destroyed once or four times? It matters when multiple regeneration shields are involved. Would one be enough to prevent this destruction? And most importantly, why?

I am asking here because we couldn't figure it out at #mtgjudge/#mtgrules.

Thanks!

Edited Vojtěch Valter (June 22, 2015 02:06:16 PM)

Everything is destroyed at the same time. If you cast Decimate with all four targets targeting the same permanent, one regeneration shield is enough to save it from being destroyed. A similar case is a 1/1 creature that's dealt 1 damage by a creature with deathtouch - it's being destroyed twice at the same time, so one rengeration shield is enough to save it.

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