Can you put enchantments on planeswalkers?
Asked by colleenjane21 8 years ago
Am I able to put my Shielded by Faith enchantment on my Planeswalker?
Raging_Squiggle says... #2
Note that of you did turn it into a creature, the enchantment would fall off the moment it went back to being a planeswalker.
Also, indestructibility won't even protect a planeswalker. Once they have 0 loyalty abilities, they're out into your graveyard as a state based action. Indestructibility only protects against lethal damage or effects that say "destroy". So if you only want to save it from board wipes, Indestructibility would work for that.
August 18, 2016 9:58 a.m.
Epochalyptik says... #3
The gist of Raging_Squiggle's post is correct, but I wanted to point out some technical caveats:
If you had an "animated" planeswalker, such as Gideon Jura after activating its 0 ability, and you enchanted it with Shielded by Faith, the aura would fall off when Gideon Jura stops being a creature. Shielded by Faith checks whether the enchanted object is a creature, not whether it is a non-planeswalker. If it's both a creature and a planeswalker, Shielded by Faith can be attached to it and remain so for as long as the enchanted object is a creature.
Also, planeswalkers always have their loyalty abilities (unless they're explicitly removed by another effect). Planeswalkers are put into their owner's graveyard as a state-based action when they have no loyalty counters. The reason indestructibility doesn't keep planeswalkers safe from damage is that the damage is still marked on the indestructible permanent, even if the permanent can't be destroyed by damage. When damage is dealt to a planeswalker, that many loyalty counters are removed from it. The state-based action that gets rid of planeswalkers that have no loyalty counters doesn't destroy those planeswalkers, so indestructibility won't prevent that.
August 18, 2016 10:37 a.m.
Bob_Da_Epic says... #4
Well actually it depends on the card text. I do agree with Epochalyptik, but a card such as Suppression Bonds can enchant a planeswalker ultimately stopping its effects until the enchantment is removed.
canterlotguardian says... Accepted answer #1
Please link cards in the question. Shielded by Faith.
And the answer is no, because Planeswalkers aren't creatures. The only way you'd be able to enchant a Planeswalker with Shielded by Faith is if it had the ability to turn into a creature, e.g. Gideon, Champion of Justice or Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker. Once you turned it into a creature, then you could enchant it.
August 18, 2016 9:43 a.m.