n00b question about lorwyn

Delicious · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 425

how do planeswalker work?

i mean how do you add the counters?

basically, tell me how they work as if i have never played magic in my life, lol

Craze · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 5325 Location: Indiana, U

planeswalkers come into play with a X loyalty counters, then as a cost to use any of their abilities you add or subtract X loyalty counters
you can only play 1 ability a turn.
You can use it's abilities the first turn its played

planeswalkers can be targeted for an attack like a player, also like a player, creatures can block planeswalkers. However Planeswalkers cannot attack or block and have neither power nor toughness.

When dealt any damage you subtract that many loyalty counters from the planeswalker and when they have 0 they go to the graveyard.

damage aimed at a player that resolve can reroute to planeswalkers.

TaoMatShan · Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 44

Planeswalkers aren't technically targeted by attacking creatures. The damage that would normally be done to a player can be redirected to a planeswalker that player controls (this includes damage from attacking creatures and instants and sorcery cards). Planeswalkers are not creatures and can't be targeted by spells that target creatures. You can not use an ability that would reduce a planeswalker's loyalty counters to a number less than 0. Also I believe you can only use the planeswalker's abilities at sorcery speed. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on that one.

Delicious · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 425

they are just very confusing and i wanna really get into competitive play near whee i live so i need to get to know them Smile

war999 · Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

JestersBoots · Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

This response, while it seems like it would be easier to understand, isn't entirely correct. When attackers are declared, the attacking player decides which creatures he/she is sending to the player, and which are being sent at the planeswalker(s). While there seems like there is little difference when damage goes on the stack, it's actually important to understand this. If you attack with two 3/3 creatures, and your opponent has a planeswalker in play with 5 loyalty counters, you cannot deal five to the planeswalker, and 1 to your opponent.

You attack that planeswalker with one of them, and your opponent with the other to deal three and three... or you charge at the planeswalker with both to deal six should you be trying to kill it... or you charge at your opponent with both to deal six that way to your opponent. In only one of these scenerios will the planeswalker go to the graveyard.

In other words, your opponents planeswalker is indeed attacked as though it were another opponent. Combat damage cannot be redirected to the planeswalker from unblocked creatures attacking your opponent... only from them getting through to said planeswalker.

Jester

mandanglelow · Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 99

Would trample work the same way as it normaly does if you were to "attack" the planeswalker?

Craze · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 5325 Location: Indiana, U

Delicious · Joined: 08 Jun 2007 Posts: 425

wow, that wizards site spelled everything out nicely

i liek that you can take off counters with dmg yay

i can't wait for the official patch for mws come sout

i never deal with those shitty "add your own"

Blah234 · Joined: 19 Nov 2005 Posts: 125

Think of it like this:

You, the player, are a Planeswalker.

These 5 Planeswalkers are like players, except they have specific abilities. The loyalty counters are their life total. They can decrease or increase their life total to use one of their activated abilities. They can be attacked by creatures (like the normal player). They can be hit by cards like Incinerate and Rift Bolt (like normal players).

When their loyalty counters (life total) is decreased to 0, they die (with normal players, die = lose the game).

Tessien · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 4

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lennin · Guest

you can only play their abilities as a sorcery so only during your main phase