Can lava spike hit a planeswalker?

Lava Spike deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. Flavor Text: It's not the most subtle incantation, but it gets the point across.

Can lava AXE target planeswalker?

Card Text: Lava Axe deals 5 damage to target player or planeswalker.

What can target a planeswalker?

Many removal spells in Magic can target Planeswalkers – and not just the direct damage spells we mentioned earlier! Some instant-speed spells, like the Swift End half of Murderous Rider, can destroy creatures or Planeswalkers. Any removal spell that can target any permanent can target a Planeswalker as well.

Can fireball target a planeswalker?

You can't target the planeswalker itself, since Fireball targets a creature or player and a planeswalker is neither. However, what you can do is target the planeswalker's controller, then redirect the damage to the planeswalker when Fireball resolves, which often amounts to much the same thing.

Can planeswalkers be attacked directly?

A planeswalker can be attacked, like a player, or be dealt damage by an opponent redirecting the damage one of his or her spells would deal to the player controlling the planeswalker. Damage dealt to a planeswalker removes that many loyalty counters and a planeswalker with no loyalty counters is put into the graveyard.

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What are the rules for attacking a planeswalker?

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.

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.

Can a planeswalker be killed by Deathtouch?

Accepted answer #1. Simply, it doesn't. A creature with deathtouch will destroy any CREATURE it deals damage to. Planeswalkers are not creatures, so they take damage like they normally do, i.e. a Deadly Recluse will still only remove 1 counter from a planeswalker if it damages it.

Can I lightning bolt a planeswalker?

You certainly can use Lightning Bolt on a Planeswalker. Technically, what you're doing is targeting the player with the spell and redirecting the damage to the Planeswalker.

Does Deathtouch effect planeswalker?

Deathtouch Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life. Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.

Can you have 2 planeswalkers on the field?

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.

Can boros charm hit planeswalkers?

Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.

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.

Can searing blaze hit planeswalkers?

Searing Blaze deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and 1 damage to target creature that player or that planeswalker's controller controls.

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Can seal of fire target planeswalkers?

Enchantment. Sacrifice Seal of Fire: Seal of Fire deals 2 damage to target creature, player or planeswalker.

Can you mutate a planeswalker?

If a planeswalker is turned into a creature it can be mutated on and it remains a creature, and it won't be removed if it runs out of loyalty counters.

What happens if you copy a planeswalker ability?

You may copy a planeswalker's ability. Doing so won't affect the planeswalker's loyalty because raising or lowering its loyalty is part of the cost of the ability, not part of its effect.

Can I exile a planeswalker?

You can't. They have the first chance to play something after the planeswalker resolves and once the ability is on the stack it will resolve even if the planeswalker is removed in response.

What wins indestructible vs Deathtouch?

Indestructible creatures also ignore deathtouch. Normally, a creature is destroyed if it takes damage from a creature with deathtouch. But since indestructible creatures can't be destroyed, they're immune.

Does Hexproof stop Deathtouch?

Because deathtouch does not target a creature, hexproof won't protect a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the hexproof creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result.

Does Lifelink work 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.

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.

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.

Why are planeswalkers so powerful?

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.