Targeting plainswalkers
Asked by btmankin 14 years ago
In a question about plainswalkers someone gave an accepted answer made me realize someting I never thought of. If a plainswalker is a permanent in play does that mean I can cast other spells on them like shroud? Makes sense to me if cards that say remove all tokens can be used to effect a plainswalker but I wanted to make sure...
Thanks for the response cleared up some questions I had but last thought I was wondering is can I enchant or equip a plainswalker?
September 30, 2010 12:22 p.m.
you can enchant any planeswalker with any Aura with 'enchant permanent'. there are a sum total of 10 of those in Magic. when Gideon (or any other planeswalker, I guess, somehow) is a creature, you can equip him or enchant him with an Aura that has 'enchant creature', but the equipment will unequip/Aura be sent to the graveyard as a state-based effect once he ceases to be a creature.
TAMA says... #1
PLANESWALKERS are permanents, hence they can be targeted as per normal the same as any permanent. In the case of dealing damage to a Planeswalker via direct damage spells (eg Lightning Bolt ) that first you must target the opposing player and then upon resolution of the spell you may elect to redirect the damage to the planeswalker. If you cannot target the player you cannot hit the planeswalker. In terms of attacking the rules are different. You may elect to attack either an opposing planeswalker or an opponent. If your ability to attack an opponent is impaired by a spell or effect this does not necessarily extend to their planeswalkers. For example if your opponent has a Ghostly Prison out it will cost you an additional 2 to attack the opponent but not their planeswalkers. However if they have an Ensnaring Bridge on the table and are hellbent you cannot attack either them or their planeswalkers because the affect targets the planeswalker.
In response to your original question which I assume was ment to be "can I kill a planeswalker with a Vampire Hexmage ?" the answer is yes. Planeswalkers are permanents and hence can be targeted by spells or effects that specify permanent in their text.
September 30, 2010 2:42 a.m.