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MukashiMukashi

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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:51 am

I just got my boyfriend a Lorwyn Booster as part of his Christmas gift and he actually got a Chandra Nalaar! I was so very happy for him. smile . Now it's his second planeswalker other than the Garruk Wildspeaker he got from his fat pack smile .

We haven't gotten to play them much yet but they're really fun so far.

What do you guys think of planeswalkers?

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:49 pm

Each planeswalker has the ability to do insane abilities if given the time. Personally, I love the planeswalkers as they add a new element to the game. i also like the fact they're terribly good, but not broken. They can actually be killed fairly easy. ^_^

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muffins_love

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Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 4:54 pm

im not shure about them confused i have two as of now but i realy dont understand how to use them, can anyone enlighten me? sweatdrop

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:52 am

muffins_love

im not shure about them confused i have two as of now but i realy dont understand how to use them, can anyone enlighten me? sweatdrop

The most important thing to know about the number at the bottom right corner. That number is how many loyalty counters the plainswalker starts off with. while in play, the number at the bottom doesn't matter only the number of counters on the planeswalker does.

You can use thier abilities the first turn they're in play but the abilities can only be used during your mainphase, think of using their abilities like playing a sorcery card. (it's not the same thing but it is very similar)

Let's look at Garruk Wildspeaker, easily one of the most powerful planeswalkers right now.

Garruk Wildspeaker - 2GG
Planeswalker - Garruk

+1: Untap two target lands
-1: Put a 3/3 Beast creature token into play.
-4: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and trample until end of turn.

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Now the number at the very bottom is the loyalty.

To use the first ability you add one loyalty to your planeswalker, then benefit from the effect that follows. The same goes for the other two effects, in that you take away loyalty counters to use them. You cannot use the -4 effect if garruk doesn't have 4 loyalty. When a planeswalkers loyalty reaches 0, similar to a creatures toughness, it is put in the graveyard.

Planeswalkers are legendary in that you can not have 2 garruks on the board at the same time. You can however have a garruk and an ajani.

When attacking, if your opponent has a planeswalker, you may choose to attack the player and or the planeswalker. If you attack both you decide which creature attacks where. Your defending opponent can block for his or her planeswalker.

When playing a spell that can damage a player, if you target a player with a planeswalker, you are now given the choice to redirect the damage to the planeswalker. (this does not mean you can redirect the gain of life to your planeswalker as they cannot gain or loose life.)

Planeswalkers are however a permanent, and can be boomeranged, vendicated, and effected by any card they effect a permanent.

NOTE: planeswalkers are not creatures. Anything that says target creature cannot target them and they cannot attack.

These cards are suppose to feel like another player just sat down and started helping the person who played it which is why they've become so confusing and contraversial. Players who have some knowledge of multiplayer games should in theory have a better understanding of how the attacking and blocking works.

I think Planeswalkers are an amazing addition to the game of magic and an interesting twist that's been looming over the game for some time.

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muffins_love

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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:53 am

wow TY!!!! rofl blaugh i get it now biggrin

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:41 pm

Garruk is bat-s**t insane.
Untapping 2 lands a turn/making 3/3 tokens is really convenient

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The Kovie

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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:01 am

Emperor Helltroll

Garruk is bat-s**t insane.
Untapping 2 lands a turn/making 3/3 tokens is really convenient

hence the equally insane price on his head

and I've been thinking, do you think they'll have some kind of anti-planeswalker card(s) in Morningtide?

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:16 pm

anything can get a planeswalker...shock will get rid of 2 loyalty counters and since their abilities are at sorcery speed they can't do anything in response (from their planeswalkers).

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all_things_dead

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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:05 pm

i only have one but it helps rip through my opponents deck. The one i have is Jace Beleren +two to have every one draw -one target player draws a card or -ten target player puts the top twenty cards of his/her library in the grave. This is an amazing card no matter how you look at it

Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:17 am

all_things_dead

i only have one but it helps rip through my opponents deck. The one i have is Jace Beleren +two to have every one draw -one target player draws a card or -ten target player puts the top twenty cards of his/her library in the grave. This is an amazing card no matter how you look at it

She is fun...

I run a U/B Faerie Mill deck with

Jace+Forced Fruition+Millstone+Howling Mine

with 14 main deck counters... and all flash faeries...

it has been owning at FNM

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Zorbaelbudha

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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:38 pm

I've been using 3 Garruks and 3 Chandras in a RG warriors deck and I can say that it is totally unfair (for my opponents). In the rare opportunities that I had managed to have both in play their prescense is felt, they act as other players and a 3 to 1 fight will never be fair.

I mostly use Chandra against utility creatures, but once in a while I let her clear my opponents board and reduce his or her life. Garruk is mostly for repeated overrun effects.