Can I exile a planeswalker?

You can't. The player has priority and must play a spell, use an ability, or attempt to go to the next phase before you get priority to cast your spell.

How do you get rid of planeswalkers?

Is A planeswalker a permanent in Magic?

Planeswalkers are permanents. You can cast one at any time you could cast a sorcery. When your planeswalker spell resolves, it enters the battlefield under your control. Planeswalkers are not creatures.

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.

Does a planeswalker count as a creature?

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 planeswalkers be killed by creatures?

Does the Planeswalker protect itself? Planeswalker cards have powerful effects, but they are vulnerable to attacks from creatures.

Can you have two planeswalkers with the same name?

You cannot have two Planeswalkers with the same name, so if you had two Liliana of the Veil's you would have to sacrifice one.

Can a planeswalker have 0 loyalty?

If a planeswalker's loyalty is 0, it's put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based effect.

Can you have two planeswalkers in a Commander deck?

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.

Can you fireball a planeswalker?

You can't target the planeswalker itself, since Fireball targets a creature or player and a planeswalker is neither.

Are there colorless planeswalkers?

Colorless planeswalkers are planeswalkers that don't have any colored mana symbols in their casting costs. They follow the same rule as artifacts given this versatility because some are overpriced compared to what a similar card would cost if it had a color requirement.

What is the most powerful planeswalker in magic?

Does Deathtouch work on planeswalkers?

Deathtouch is a static ability that causes 1 point of damage of the source with deathtouch to kill any creature it deals damage to (unless that creature is indestructible). This does not apply to Planeswalkers, because they are not creatures.

Can I block my planeswalker?

Players can attack planeswalkers, but can't use them to block.

How long do planeswalkers live?

Planeswalkers had incredible magical capabilities, surpassing all but the most powerful mortal wizards. Their lives could last indefinitely, and their physical forms were matters of will as they were energy projections of a center of consciousness.

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.

Who was the first planeswalker?

The first five planeswalkers to be printed are known as the Lorwyn Five: Ajani, Jace, Liliana, Chandra, and Garruk.

Can you proliferate a planeswalker?

Proliferate is an easy way to replenish the Loyalty counters on all of your Planeswalkers at once, speeding up your access to their Ultimate abilities.

Can you have a legendary planeswalker as your Commander?

There are also six legendary creatures with the ability to transform into planeswalkers. Since these planeswalkers begin as legendary creatures, they are able to be your commander.

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.

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.

What if a planeswalker is indestructible?

Planeswalkers with indestructible will still have loyalty counters removed from them as they are dealt damage. If a planeswalker with indestructible has no loyalty counters, it will still be put into its owner's graveyard, as the rule that does this doesn't destroy the planeswalker.

What is the legendary rule for planeswalkers?

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.

Can you put a +1 on 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.

Can you redirect damage to planeswalkers?

The player who cast Shock can target the opponent, then on resolution, choose to redirect the damage to a planeswalker that opponent controls. (It doesn't happen until resolution, and the redirection must be all of the damage.)