One question, answered plainly from the cards' actual text. First, the card at the center of it: Swiftfoot Boots is a uncommon Artifact ...
One question, answered plainly from the cards' actual text. First, the card at the center of it: Swiftfoot Boots is a uncommon Artifact — Equipment from Mystery Booster Commander Edition, mana cost {2}. Its rules text reads: "Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and {T} no matter when it came under your control.) Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)" It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Commander.
The answer
No. Hexproof only stops a spell or ability from TARGETING the creature — the rules text says the creature 'can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.' A board wipe that destroys, exiles, or bounces all creatures does not target any of them, so hexproof offers no protection. The same logic covers sacrifice effects and spells that choose without using the word 'target.' What hexproof does stop is the long list of single-target removal — the destroy spells, exile spells, and bounce spells that name one creature. Protection suites in Commander are layered for exactly this reason: hexproof for targeted removal, and other effects for everything else.
Why it works that way
Magic's rules are literal: cards do what their text says, and keywords like hexproof, shroud, and protection have precise definitions that only cover what they name. Most table disputes end the moment someone reads the exact oracle text out loud — which is why the MTGBrew card database shows the current wording of every card. When a card's printed text and its oracle text differ (older printings especially), the oracle text is the official version used in play.
Where to go next
Check the exact wording of every card mentioned here in the MTGBrew card database before you buy or slot anything — oracle text is the final word. Then brew the list in MTGBrew's AI deck builder, which respects your budget as a hard cap and explains how the deck's strength is measured against that budget.
One more consideration
Consistency is the least glamorous stat in Magic and the one that decides the most games. Whatever this article's subject, the practical test is the same: shuffle up, draw opening hands, and ask honestly how often the plan survives a mulligan, an answer from an opponent, and a slow start — all three in the same game. Decks that pass that test are the decks that win pods, and building them is exactly what MTGBrew's tools are for.
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