Are Planeswalkers abilities colored?
Asked by IamDylan 13 years ago
Say Elspeth Tirel 's final, if card:Akroma's Blessing was used and White was chosen, would the protected creatures not die?
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #2
Planeswalkers are the source of their abilities, and each planeswalker is the color or colors of the symbols in his or her mana cost. This can be altered by certain cards and effects (see card:Painter's Servant).
Protection follows the DEBT acronym:
Damage - All damage that would be dealt to a creature with protection from X by a source of quality X is prevented.
Enchant/Equip - A creature with protection from X cannot be enchanted or equipped by anything of quality X.
Blocking - A creature with protection from X cannot be blocked by a creature of quality X.
Targeting - A creature with protection from X cannot be targeted by a source of quality X.
Protection is not the same as indestructibility. Your creatures will still die since Elspeth Tirel 's -5 ability is a non-target, non-damage boardwipe.
September 23, 2011 9:19 a.m.
But Jace, the Mind Sculptor can't bounce a creature with protection from blue, for example. The planeswalker is still a coloured source of the ability, it's just that in your example the ability doesn't target the permanents that it destroys, so protection does not apply.
September 23, 2011 10:22 a.m.
goober1223 says... #4
On second thought, I don't really like the "DEBT" acronym. Enchant/Equip aren't allowed because they target, so that parts redundant, leaving "DBT". And if all you remember is "DBT", one could easily imagine "Damage/Destruct, Blocking, and Targeting".
Not that it's any of your fault... I suppose protection is just a little counter-intuitive. I'd just remember it as:
Cannot be dealt damage, assigned as a blocker, or targeted by a anything (spell, ability, creature, spell, etc.) with quality X, where X is what the creature has protection from.
September 23, 2011 11:23 a.m.
Arachnarchist says... #5
@goober1223:
Actually you do need the "E" in "DEBT". If a creature gains protection while an enchantment (or equipment) is already attached, the enchantment will be destroyed (or the equipment will become unattached) regardless of the fact that it's no longer targeted.
September 23, 2011 11:59 a.m.
Right. The E is required because enchantments and equipment don't target once they're attached. This is important to remember for creatures with Shroud, which can have equipment or enchantments attached to them, though you probably need to find a creative way to get them on in the first place. Conversely, protection causes the enchantment/equipment to fall off as a state-based action.
September 24, 2011 12:46 a.m.
Jarrod_0067 says... #8
So, by your reasoning, lets say my Puresteel Paladin is equipped with Sword of War and Peace . If my opponent plays card:Painter's Servant, naming red or white, Sword of War and Peace will become one of those colors and will immediately fall off whatever creature I chose to equip it to?
yank says... #1
It would not matter. Protection only protects against Damage, enchanted or equiped, blocking, and Targeted. Remember DEBT. Elspeth's final doesnt do any of those things. So the creature would die.
September 23, 2011 5:39 a.m.