Standard r/b anti-plainswalker kill?

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Posted on Jan. 22, 2014, 1:55 p.m. by woll3Y

Are there any cards in r/b standard that can kill/exile/deal with plainswalkers once they're on the field?

raithe000 says... #2

Dreadbore and Hero's Downfall

January 22, 2014 1:57 p.m.

Rasta_Viking29 says... #3

Fated Conflagration

Any burn that can target player can be used as planeswalker removal.

January 22, 2014 2:10 p.m.

woll3Y says... #4

Oops, I actually meant r/u, my bad! And are you sure player target spells can target plainswalkers? I thought the card had to specify plainswalker?

January 22, 2014 3 p.m.

raithe000 says... #5

In R/U, there are bounce spells like Disperse and Cyclonic Rift , or any burn spell.

306.7. If noncombat damage would be dealt to a player by a source controlled by an opponent, that opponent may have that source deal that damage to a planeswalker the first player controls instead. This is a redirection effect (see rule 614.9) and is subject to the normal rules for ordering replacement effects (see rule 616). The opponent chooses whether to redirect the damage as the redirection effect is applied.

In Layman's terms, you can redirect any noncombat damage dealt to an opponent to a planeswalker that player controls.

January 22, 2014 3:03 p.m.

Schuesseled says... #6

Nope you can redirect, so any burn spell that says target player can be redirected.

If for some reason you couldn't target the player, i.e. he has hexproof, then you also couldn't target the planeswalker.

January 22, 2014 3:10 p.m.