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Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 7:27am

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why are planeswalkers considered spells?

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:01am

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Planeswalkers are only considered spells while they are on the stack, once they resolve, they just do their planeswalker things.

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:07am

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do planeswalker suffer form summing sickness?

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:11am

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thanks, -hungry-.

to -ally cyber nar-
no, they do not
when cards have summoning sickness, it means they cant enter the battlefield and tap during the same turn, but if a creature has vigilance, is can attack when it comes into the battlefied, because it won't tap

[Edited by manglefuzz on 13/Apr/11 at 8:12AM]

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:24am

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Actually, you are sort of right. Summoning sickness does only affect creatures, but your idea of what summoning sickness does is a bit off. A creature that is affected by summoning sickness can't attack, nor can it use activated abilities with the tap symbol in their costs.

Example: You play a Birds of Paradise turn 1. That creature can't attack, nor can it tap for mana that turn. However, a Grand Architect can tap itself for its own ability the turn it enters the battlefield because the ability does not include a tap symbol.

Example: You play a Raging Goblin (1/1 for {R} with haste) on turn 1. You can attack with that creature this turn. If you play a Mystic Penitent (1/1 for {W} with vigilance) turn 1, it can't attack until your next turn.

[Edited by Hungry123 on 13/Apr/11 at 8:29AM]

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:25am

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yup only creatures with haste can

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 9:03am

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i was not aware of that, thanks

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 11:10am

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Also summoning sickness may only apply to creatures, but it does keep track of other permants. For instance, you play a normal artifact, then in the same turn, you turn that artifact into a creature, it still has summoning sickness, so if you turn a planeswalker into a creature on the turn it comes into play, than it could not attack, this the only case with planeswalkers.

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 12:40pm

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like gidean, right?

Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 1:57pm

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