How to protect a Planeswalker
Deck Help forum
Posted on Feb. 11, 2013, 1:08 a.m. by DePeluche
I have never played with Planeswalkers before, so I need a bit of help
I plan on running a B/U Deck with Liliana of the Dark Realms and need suggestions to protect her till her Ultimate
I hope this is the right forum to ask this
How stupid I am never tought in making it a control deck instead midrange....
Thank you Jimhawk
February 11, 2013 1:43 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
Deck Help is usually meant for questions about specific decks, so if you have the decklist you're working on, post it and we'll offer some advice.
Remember that planeswalkers serve different purposes in different decks. In tempo and midrange, planeswalkers are a nice way to squeeze some extra power into your deck, but they probably aren't that important. Most of these kinds of decks opt to not run planeswalkers, and the number that do often do so in a strictly support capacity because deck space is more limited. You can't throw a bunch of walkers into a tempo deck without throwing off its tempo.
In control decks, planeswalkers are often used to fill a wider range of roles. Superfriends decks actively use planeswalkers as win conditions, while generic control decks often rely on certain loyalty abilities for support. Control traditionally has more flexibility in the ways in can incorporate planeswalkers because they can afford to be a bit slower. They can also better protect their walkers, although having to protect them is not necessarily ideal.
Think of a walker as a slow, but powerful support engine. Each one you include should offer some kind of indispensable (or, at least, comparatively indispensable) advantage. If you think you need to protect that walker, consider if the abilities are actually worth protecting.
February 11, 2013 1:55 a.m.
KrazyCaley says... #5
I second Epoch's wise advice, especially the last paragraph. The best-placed planeswalkers are naturally protected by the way your deck functions, or else they protect themselves. Don't try to twist your deck into awkward shapes to protect a Planeswalker that doesn't fit in. There should be a sort of symbiotry between your walker and the rest of your deck, the same as any other card.
February 11, 2013 2:25 a.m.
Thank you for all your comments
Made me think about Planeswalkers a lot different than I used to think about them
You guys rock
February 11, 2013 2:41 a.m.
MasterFlinter says... #7
There are a few cards to be aware of that can protect your planeswalker even from spells such as card:Faith's Shield and Simic Charm
Jimhawk says... #2
Kill spells like Murder or bounce spells like Unsummon for opposing creatures and counterspells like Dissipate for spells that can damage or destroy your planeswalker.
February 11, 2013 1:30 a.m.