Can Kyren Negotiations, Impact Tremors or Goblin Bombardment deal damage to an opponent's planeswalker?

Asked by bonsai11943 6 years ago

Just a bit confused with the revised planeswalker rule/s coming in with the Dominaria set.

1) Kyren Negotiations deals damage to "target player".

2) Impact Tremors deals damage to "each opponent".

3) Goblin Bombardment deals damage to "target creature or player".

Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks!

Neotrup says... Accepted answer #1

Ultimately the guide to what these cards do will be Gatherer, which will be updated with new oracle text for the cards once the rules change for Dominaria goes live. According to the FAQ the expected change should be as follows:

Kyren Negotiations:
Tap an untapped creature you control: Kyren Negotiations deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

The FAQ says that any ability that targets a player will now be able to target a player or planeswalker (if it targets an opponent it will be able to target an opponent or planeswalker, meaning you could now target your own planeswalker).

Impact Tremors:
Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, Impact Tremors deals 1 damage to each opponent.

The FAQ says that an ability that deals damage to each opponent without targeting will remain unchanged, meaning they will lose the ability to damage enemy planeswalkers when the redirection rule goes away. It does indicate that Vial Smasher the Fierce will be an exception to this, but we don't know what its oracle text will be yet.

Goblin Bombardment:
Sacrifice a creature: Goblin Bombardment deals 1 damage to any target.

The FAQ says that abilities that target creatures or players will now be able to target creatures, players, or planeswalkers, and use the new clean phrase "any target" to indicate this. Note that even though it says "any target" the rules do specify that the phrase means creatures, players, or planeswalkers. You won't be able to target enchantments, cards in exile, counters, or any other crazy thing unless it also falls into one of these three categories.

April 15, 2018 4:38 a.m.