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Can a legendary planeswalker block?

Planeswalkers aren't creatures, so they can't attack or block.
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Can a planeswalker block?

Planeswalkers are not creatures, so they cannot directly attack or block. Creatures can attack an opponent's planeswalkers rather than the opponent themselves. Those creatures may be blocked normally, but if not blocked deal damage to the planeswalker instead of the player.
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Can a planeswalker attack or block?

Planeswalkers can't attack (unless an ability such as the one from Gideon Jura's third ability adds the creature type). However, they can be attacked. Each of your attacking creatures can attack your opponent or a planeswalker that the player controls. You say which as you declare attackers.
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What is the legendary rule in planeswalker?

All planeswalkers past, present, and future gained the supertype legendary and became subject to the "legend rule". Thus, if a player controls more than one legendary planeswalker with the same name, that player chooses one and puts the other into their owner's graveyard.
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What are the restrictions of a planeswalker?

There's no limit to the number of planeswalker permanents you can have in play! It may hurt your head trying to manage 100 passive and loyalty abilities, but that's completely fair game. The only restriction is that you can't have two copies of the exact same planeswalker card in play.
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Can a planeswalker have 0 loyalty?

A planeswalker with loyalty 0 is put into its owner's graveyard. This is a state-based effect; see rule 704.5i.
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Who was the first planeswalker?

These monocolor double-faced cards were legendary creatures that could transform into planeswalkers. Kytheon was (sort of) the first one-drop planeswalker.
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Can planeswalkers be killed?

Brad Ames. Planeswalkers are NOT creatures, therefore, anything that targets a creature cannot target a Planeswalker. Cards that counter spells (like Coutnerspell) can target a Planeswalker when it's cast.
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Can you bound in gold a planeswalker?

Loyalty abilities of planeswalkers are also activated abilities. Bound in Gold doesn't stop static abilities from affecting the game, and it doesn't stop triggered abilities from triggering. It also doesn't stop mana abilities from being activated.
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Can you have two legendary planeswalkers?

Yes, but planeswalkers have their own version of the Legend rule. You cannot have multiple copies of the same planeswalker, even if they are different cards. So, you can't have two cards that have the type "Jace" for instance, but you can have as many different planeswalkers in play as you can cast.
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What kills a planeswalker?

How to Kill a Planeswalker
  • Evasive Creatures / Overwhelming Force - Creature swarms are most obvious option for trampling over a planeswalker. ...
  • Destroy Target Permanent - The most direct route to killing a planeswalker is to destroy it. ...
  • Counter / Bounce - Many players save their counterspells for planeswalkers.
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Can planeswalkers create planes?

Traditional planeswalkers

Through intense effort, planeswalkers could create their own artificial planes.
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Can you tap planeswalkers?

Yes, the abilities of a planeswalker may be used while the permanent is tapped.
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Are planeswalkers still immortal?

Planeswalkers rarely died, except at the hands of other planeswalkers. After the Mending, the nature of a planeswalker's spark changed: they lost their invulnerability, immortality, shapeshifting and most of their additional magical power.
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Can planeswalkers go negative?

First things first - planeswalkers don't have "life", they have "loyalty counters". Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the side of the table you're sitting on), you can't play an ability with a negative loyalty cost unless the planeswalker has at least that many loyalty counters on it.
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Are planeswalkers legendary permanents?

Alongside its new mechanic, Planeswalker cards, previously considered non-Legendary, were given an upgrade. All Planeswalker cards printed in Dominaria and any future sets are Legendary permanents.
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Can you 1 /+ 1 a planeswalker?

Any permanent can have a +1/+1 counter put on it. Those counters won't have any effect unless that permanent is or becomes a creature.
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How was Nicol Bolas defeated?

Stripped of his advantages as a planeswalker, a sorcerer, and a dragon, and forced to battle in a realm where his opponent had a significant edge, Bolas was defeated and apparently killed by Umezawa.
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Does lifelink count on planeswalkers?

Damage is still dealt when attacking a planeswalker, it's just turned into the removal of loyalty counters. Lifelink still applies and you'll gains life equal to the amount of damage dealt for damaging a planeswalker.
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Who is the unluckiest planeswalker?

The Unluckiest Planeswalker was first depicted in a cycle of Curses featured in Commander 2017, each depicting a different plane. He was later also depicted on Flame Blitz in Modern Horizons 2. The Unluckiest has an uncanny resemblance to Kieran Yanner, the artist who created the art for the first cycle of cards.
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Can Deathtouch destroy planeswalkers?

Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker. Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
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Are completed planeswalkers dead?

Compleated planeswalkers are essentially dead, can't be saved, and are WotC's way of cleaning the slate for whatever is to come. The story is changing in such significant ways that getting rid of characters like Nissa and Jace allows them to move on from the story we are familiar with to something new.
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Is there a dragon planeswalker?

The dragon-worshipping Planeswalker Sarkhan Vol is a native of Tarkir, where dragons had gone extinct long before his birth.
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Who is the best planeswalker ever?

Top 10 Best Planeswalkers in MTG
  1. Oko, Thief of Crowns. When it comes to the best planeswalker ever printed, there can be no debate.
  2. Teferi, Time Raveler. ...
  3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor. ...
  4. Wrenn and Six. ...
  5. Liliana of the Veil. ...
  6. The Wandering Emperor. ...
  7. Karn Liberated. ...
  8. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager. ...
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