What if you give a planeswalker indestructible?

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.

What happens if you give a planeswalker 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.

Does indestructible save planeswalkers?

For instance, being indestructible doesn't really help out your planeswalkers. See, an indestructible permanent still receives damage like normal. So if you block your opponent's 5/5 with your indestructible 2/2, your 2/2 will still take the five damage, it just won't be destroyed by it.

Does indestructible prevent 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 destroy all creatures affect planeswalkers?

Planeswalkers are NOT creatures, therefore, anything that targets a creature cannot target a Planeswalker.

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Does Deathtouch destroy planeswalkers?

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.

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.

Do board wipes affect indestructible?

Although board wipes are very powerful, there are some ways to counter them. The key thing here is the keywords. Most board wipes “destroy” creatures, so one way to protect your creatures (and permanents) is to buff them with the “indestructible” keyword.

Does first strike beat Deathtouch?

Creatures with deathtouch deal damage during the regular combat damage step. Fortunately, if you block a creature with deathtouch with a creature with first strike or double strike, your creature will deal damage during the first strike damage step, before the deathtouch creature can return fire.

Is indestructible better than Hexproof?

Both of these are powerful effects, though have many ways to work around and remove the threat. Indestructible falls prey to exiling, tucking, etc; Hexproof is hit by 'destroy all' and other non-targeting spells.

Can boros charm hit planeswalkers?

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

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.

How do planeswalkers lose loyalty?

Loyalty is a type of counter in Magic, and it functions like a player's life total or a creature's toughness. Planeswalkers can gain and lose loyalty counters throughout the game, and when their loyalty is reduced to zero, they die and go to their owner's graveyard.

What happens when a planeswalker hits 0 loyalty?

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

Can you fireball a planeswalker?

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

Can burst lightning hit planeswalkers?

Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target. “Any target” includes any player, creature or Planeswalker that can receive damage. So yes, a lightning bolt can target Planeswalkers unless there is a card in play that prevents you from doing so.

Does shroud protect from Deathtouch?

Because deathtouch does not target, shroud won't save a creature from deathtouch. Instead, the shroud creature will just be dealt damage normally and be destroyed as a result. Remember, dealing combat damage isn't an ability.

Does Deathtouch beat shield counter?

How Do Shield Counters Work Against Deathtouch? Shield counters work well against deathtouch because they're a damage prevention effect. The lethal damage that would've been dealt from deathtouch is prevented by the shield counter.

Can you double block first strike?

On offense, your opponent can double (or triple, or quadruple, or . . .) block to ensure your first-strike creature goes down. They can get past first strike's inherent advantage of hitting first simply by using multiple creatures. However, on defense, they can't.

Does Worldslayer destroy indestructible?

Because this entire deck is indestructible, nothing will happen to any of the player's permanents when Worldslayer's ability comes into play! Perfect! (Remember, the “destroy” effect will do nothing to indestructible cards.)

Does indestructible stop trample?

Yes, at least in the sense that the additional damage does successfully trample over a blocking creature. An indestructible creature can't be destroyed by combat damage, but you only need to assign lethal-equivalent damage to that creature and then the excess damage can be assigned to the blocking player.

Does Hexproof prevent exile?

Can a Creature with Hexproof Be Exiled? As long as you're exiling the hexproof creature with a spell or ability that says “exile each creature” or “exile all creatures,” then yes. If you're trying exile a creature with something like Swords to Plowshares, then it won't work.

Can you have 2 planeswalkers at once?

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 you have two 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.

Can you have 2 legendary creatures on the field?

The total number of legendary creatures in a deck is not restricted. While you can have four of any legendary in your deck, don't forget that if you already have a legendary card of the same name out, you will have to choose one to sacrifice.