Do planeswalkers make good commanders?

Legendary Creatures that Transform into Planeswalkers

Since these planeswalkers begin as legendary creatures, they are able to be your commander. With these commanders, players are not able to cast the planeswalker from the command zone.

Can planeswalkers be used as commanders?

A planeswalker can only be a commander if it specifically states on the bottom of the card, “this card can be your commander.” If it doesn't have that line of text, forget it. Pick a legendary creature instead.

What is the best planeswalker Commander?

How do planeswalker commanders work?

Planeswalkers use loyalty dice. (As their health) the dice is either added or removed to do something. They DONT count as creatures so they cannot attack during combat. However, they can be targeted by spells, abilities and creatures your opponents control.

How many planeswalkers should you have in a Commander deck?

How Many Planeswalkers Can You Have in Your Commander Deck? Again, there is no limit. Just make sure you abide by the singleton and color identity rules of the format.

How do we feel about Planeswalker Commanders?

Can you play 2 planeswalkers at the same time?

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.

Do planeswalkers do Commander damage?

Can a Planeswalker Deal Commander Damage? Some Planeswalkers, like Animatou, the Fateshifter and Lord Windgrace, can be your Commander . However, since Commander damage is always only dealt through combat, these Planeswalkers are not normally able to do so.

How do you protect planeswalker Commander?

Executioner's Capsule and Nevinyrral's Disk are great ways to protect your planeswalkers from creatures and other permanent-based threats.

Do planeswalkers gain loyalty every turn?

You may activate one loyalty ability per Planeswalker per turn any time you could cast a sorcery, including during the turn you resolve a Planeswalker card.

What is the planeswalker uniqueness rule?

Planeswalker cards used to have a similar rule to the "legend rule": If a player controls two or more planeswalkers that share a planeswalker type, that player chooses one of them, and the rest are put into their owners' graveyards. This was called the "planeswalker uniqueness rule".

Who is the most powerful planeswalker in MTG?

Who is the strongest Commander in MTG?

Who was the most powerful planeswalker?

Are the Commander decks worth buying?

The Commander decks from All Will Be One are a good product for players looking to get into Commander. They bring players more value than they pay in cards and allow them to start playing right away.

Why is it called EDH?

Two years later, in 1996, Staley made Nicol Bolas the leader of his own personal Highlander deck, and with that, a new format was born. He named it Elder Dragon Highlander. Fans would later shorten it to EDH.

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.

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 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 a planeswalker lose loyalty if 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 cards let you activate planeswalkers twice?

When Oath of Teferi enters the battlefield, exile another target permanent you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. You may activate the loyalty abilities of planeswalkers you control twice each turn rather than only once.

Can you give a planeswalker Hexproof?

So, in short: to protect your planeswalker from Fated Conflagration, you should use Simic Charm to give it hexproof, or similar. If you want to protect your planeswalker from other targeted burn spells, you should use Aegis of the Gods to prevent them from targeting you and redirecting the damage to your planeswalkers.

How do you double planeswalker loyalty?

Casting it requires four mana, as does tapping it to apply its effect: for each planeswalker you control, you can activate one of its abilities as though the planeswalker has not yet activated an ability this turn. This doubles their effects and (with most planeswalkers) allows you to add more loyalty each turn!

Do planeswalkers with indestructible take damage?

An indestructible planeswalker would survive a Planar Cleansing or Hero's Downfall or such effect that says destroy. However, whenever a planeswalker is dealt damage, that many loyalty counters are removed, indestructibility doesn't stop that from happening.

Does the boo token deal commander damage?

It's unfortunate that Boo can't kill with commander damage, because 21 in a single shot isn't out of the realm of possibilities.

Does fog prevent commander damage?

Fog can be cast at instant speed, which means that you can use it to prevent damage during any turn, even one when you're not being attacked.