Can you still redirect damage to planeswalkers?

Can you still redirect damage to planeswalkers?

Here’s the rules change, from the official release notes: Damage Can’t Be Redirected to Planeswalkers: Previously, you could redirect noncombat damage that a source you control would deal to an opponent, having that source instead deal that damage to one of their planeswalkers.

Can lightning bolt target a planeswalker?

You CAN target planeswalkers with lightning bolt. The Oracle text for lightning bolt, which can be found on Gatherer, states “any target”, which includes creatures, players and planeswalkers.

Can you put planeswalkers in a Commander deck?

Deckbuilding rules The chosen card or pair is called the commander or general of the deck. Decks may contain other legendary creatures and planeswalkers within them as well. Each deck must contain exactly 100 cards, including the commander(s).

Can Shock target a planeswalker?

For example, although you can’t target a planeswalker with Shock, you can target your opponent with Shock, and then as Shock resolves, choose to have Shock deal its 2 damage to one of your opponent’s planeswalkers.

Can Inferno Titan target planeswalkers?

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. The titan is a special case, because you can target multiple things normally.

Does Witchbane orb protect planeswalkers?

In practice, the most important changes are that Leyline of Sanctity and Witchbane Orb no longer protect planeswalkers and that Chandra, Torch of Defiance can’t kill them.

Can you Lava AXE a planeswalker?

Along with that, many cards will let you target a player or a planeswalker, e.g. Lava Axe says “target player or planeswalker”, and Lightning Strike says “any target”, which includes planeswalkers.

Can you have 2 planeswalkers in a deck?

You can have a maximum of four planeswalkers with the same card name in your deck, just like any other MTG card. You can have more than one of the same type of planeswalker in your deck, however.

Can you have two planeswalkers in a Commander deck?

This is called the “legend rule.” So as long as the two planeswalkers don’t have the same card name, you can have them both on the battlefield simultaneously.

Does Planeswalker count as opponent?

Planeswalkers are neither players nor anyone’s opponent. You can only redirect once.

Does Pyrohemia hit Planeswalkers?

Pyrohemia deals damage to each player and creature. It doesn’t mention Planeswalkers, so they’re left untouched (unless you want to hit your opponent’s PW).