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How do you protect planeswalkers?

The planeswalkers that protect themselves do so either by killing creatures or making tokens. Making tokens is generally better, since the sheer number of opponents and creatures usually means you won't be able to kill all of them and still have enough loyalty to survive an attack.
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Can you protect planeswalkers with creatures?

Planeswalkers can be attacked just as a player could be attacked. However, you're free to defend against that attack with a creature of your choice if applicable.
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How do you make 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.
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Does crawlspace protect planeswalkers?

Crawlspace sets up a restriction on creatures attacking you. Planeswalkers are not you, so there is no restriction on attacking planeswalkers.
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Can you make a planeswalker indestructible?

Accepted answer #1. 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.
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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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Can you block to protect a planeswalker?

Planeswalkers aren't creatures, so they can't attack or block. However, planeswalkers can be attacked.
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Do board wipes affect planeswalkers?

Furthermore, this board wipe is also notable for dealing damage to planeswalkers and creatures alike. One of the easiest ways to get around the devastation of board wipes is by playing a planeswalker alongside your creatures.
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Can seal of fire hit planeswalkers?

Enchantment. Sacrifice Seal of Fire: Seal of Fire deals 2 damage to target creature, player or planeswalker.
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Does mirror box apply to planeswalkers?

The Legend Rule applies to all legendary permanents, but mostly this will come up with creatures and planeswalkers.
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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.
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Do board wipes affect Hexproof?

Granting hexproof to a permanent or player doesn't cause opponents' Auras to become unattached. A card that has 'hexproof' is still affected by board wipes that don't target specifically that card.
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Can you target a planeswalker with a spell?

The rule states that you cannot directly target a Planeswalker with damage dealing spells—instead, you must target a player and then redirect the damage from that player to a Planeswalker they control.
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Can you shock planeswalkers?

Shock is a very solid card—but it's not the best at dealing with planeswalkers. You can sometimes double up on Shock to do the trick if you draw two, but even then you're two-for-one-ing yourself, and many times your opponent will have more than 4 loyalty on their planeswalker.
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What happens if planeswalker is attacked?

A planeswalker can be attacked, like a player, or be damaged by an opponent's spell or ability. Any damage dealt to planeswalkers removes that many loyalty counters and a planeswalker with no loyalty counters is put into the graveyard.
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Do indestructible protect planeswalkers lose loyalty?

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.
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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 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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Who were the original 5 planeswalkers?

The first five planeswalkers to be printed are known as the Lorwyn Five: Ajani, Jace, Liliana, Chandra, and Garruk. We decided to start with a cycle of five monocolored planeswalkers that hit square center for each color. We wanted these first five planeswalkers to be iconic representatives of their color.
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Can a planeswalker be attacked if it has Hexproof?

If it has hexproof then it can't be targeted.

So you'd need to target an opponent's creature, and the key here is “target.”
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Can you lightning bolt planeswalkers?

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.
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Does Hexproof block planeswalkers?

Planeswalker abilities are abilities. They cannot target objects with hexproof that you do not control, just like any other ability in the game.
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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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Do planeswalkers deal damage when attacked?

Save this answer. Show activity on this post. Creatures attacking your planeswalker, not you as a player, will only damage said planeswalker (or any blocking creatures). It doesn't matter whether they deal lethal damage to the planeswalker and/or have trample or not.
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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.)
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