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

manglefuzz
Posts: 22
Joined: 08-Apr-11

why are planeswalkers considered spells?
Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:01am

W@W Podcaster
Posts: 445
Joined: 01-Jun-10

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

Ally Cyber Nar
Posts: 73
Joined: 19-Oct-10

do planeswalker suffer form summing sickness?
Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 8:11am

manglefuzz
Posts: 22
Joined: 08-Apr-11

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

W@W Podcaster
Posts: 445
Joined: 01-Jun-10

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

Ally Cyber Nar
Posts: 73
Joined: 19-Oct-10

yup only creatures with haste can
Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 9:03am

manglefuzz
Posts: 22
Joined: 08-Apr-11

i was not aware of that, thanks
Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 11:10am

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

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

manglefuzz
Posts: 22
Joined: 08-Apr-11

like gidean, right?
Date Posted: Wed Apr/13/11 at 1:57pm

lin sivvi
Posts: 1608
Joined: 14-Jan-10

Yeah that one