MtG Rules Advisor & Goth/Industrial/EBM/Indie/Alternative/80's-Wave DJ DJ Vortex
DCI Certified Rules Advisor from July 14, 2009 to July 14, 2012 DCI #5209514320
Wit found in Rules Q&A
RPJesus: "Man, screw the rules, I'll play a game of 2HG Archenemy Planechase Emperor EDH draft yet. Once I figure out the rules for it..." Chaikov: "Of course, casual Magic may be played any way your Pokemon group agrees on..." and "It's not logic. It's Magic!" GainsBanding: "I only play online. The Magic Online shuffler is AWESOME!" Ikegami: "one might think [adult cats] would make excellent tokens. The issue, though, is that they are very hard to exile. They return to the battlefield more often than an undying creature." Astarael7: "Does 121.1 imply that players are supposed to wear their poison counters?" Bimmerbot: "If you move the wrong way and [the poison counters] fall, it's a game rule violation" Helluminatus: "Just remember, if it looks like a duck, smells like a duck, and quacks like a duck, but the oracle text says creature - Bunny , then by god, it's a bunny." MadCow21: "Who are you and what have you done with the real Chaikov?"
If you want to "Attack", then you can either attack a player or a planeswalker; only you can make that decision. The player (or controller of planeswalker) can opt to use creatures to block your attacks. You can not "Attack" his creatures; but if he uses creatures to block, you will end up dealing combat damage to those creatures.
If you are using a spell or ability to Target, you can (depending on the spell/ability) Target either a creature or player or planeswalker. In general, your opponent has no control or influence on this. If you use Shock to target a player, that player cannot choose for the damage to instead apply to a creature or planeswalker. You can, however, redirect the damage from the player to a planeswalker if you so choose. If you use Shock to target a creature, your opponent can't just take the damage himself, nor can he have a different creature take the damage.
Please note: As with most things in Magic, there are spells, cards, abilities, etc that will modify the above. Sometimes drastically.
Thank you. The combat mechanics are clearer now ;:-)
Don't hesitate to quickly go over the introductory rules (see the link somewhere in my signature). That'll help and you'll be able to go at the rythmn you wish.
Rules question? Have you read the Basic rulebook already? No? Why not take some time to do that?
How to autocard (do this to specify a card in your posts): Type [c]Black Lotus[/c] to get Black Lotus . Type [c=Black Lotus]The Overpowered One[/c] to get The Overpowered One .
