Kardur, Doomscourge and attacking planeswalker
Asked by DragonGodPrince 2 years ago
When Kardur, Doomscourge enters the battlefield and an opponent has a plainswalker. Is an opposing player forced to prioritize attacking the player and not the planeswalker from Kardur, Doomscourge's ability? Kardur, Doomscourge's ability is worded that each opponent must attack a player if are legal targets. Also his ability is not the keyword Goad which makes it more ambiguous.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
DragonGodPrince: An answer to your question has been up for a while. Since there don't seem to be any follow-ups or corrections to be made, I marked it as the "Accepted answer" so this topic can move out of the list of unanswered questions. In the future you can take care of this yourself using the "Mark as Answer" button on the response that you feel best answers your question.
I try to avoid selecting my own response when I do this, but in this case it was the only option.
Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1
You can use double square brackets around a card's name to create a reference link: Kardur, Doomscourge. It's the best way to make sure everyone understands what's going on in the question.
Yes, with the way the ability is written, players get "prioritized" for attacks. If the creatures are able to attack, they have to attack. Then, if they're able to attack a player other than Kardur's controller, they have to attack one of those players. But if they aren't able to attack any of those players, then they have to attack either Kardur's controller or a planeswalker.
May 24, 2022 10:20 a.m.