Can you redirect damage to a planeswalker?

Can you redirect damage to a planeswalker?

You can redirect non-combat damage that a source you control would deal from an opponent to a planeswalker that player controls. You can’t redirect combat damage, you can’t redirect other players damage, and you can’t redirect damage to your own planeswalker, but the spell or ability doesn’t need to target a player.

What is the planeswalker symbol?

The Planeswalker symbol {PW} appears on the planar die in the Planechase casual variant. See rule 107.11.

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 you use lightning bolt on a planeswalker?

“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.

Can Inferno Titan hit planeswalkers?

No. When choosing to redirect noncombat damage to a planeswalker someone controls, it’s all or nothing. You can’t split it. And you can’t target the planeswalker directly because it’s not a player or creature.

What spells can target planeswalkers?

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.

Does the player count as a planeswalker?

Does a planeswalker count as a player? Even though the players in a game are referred to as “Planeswalkers” by the marketing division of Wizards of the Coast, planeswalker cards in the game are definitely not players. The only similarity that planeswalkers have to players is that you can attack them during combat.

Can you target a Planeswalker?

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. Removing the Planeswalker redirection rule will have a dramatic impact on many existing cards.

Can you defend your Planeswalker?

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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