Word of Seizing and Planeswalkers
Asked by Named_Tawyny 10 years ago
I checked Gatherer and couldn't see a ruling for this, so I just wanted to check with the community.
If its your turn, and you seize an opponent's Planeswalker, you can still use one of their abilities, even if they've already used an ability on their turn, yes?
How would this apply if they are able to use planeswalker abilities on their opponents' turns? (I seem to remember there's a card that lets them do this, but I may have dreamt it?) Would you still be able to use an ability if they did during that same turn?
Named_Tawyny says... #2
Ahh yes, that's the card I was thinking of, thanks!
And thanks for that answer. It's pretty much what I expected. =)
Epochalyptik says... Accepted answer #1
Well first, the only way you could activate a loyalty ability on another player's turn is if you had Teferi, Temporal Archmage's emblem.
The rule for activating loyalty abilities is as follows:
306.5d Each planeswalker has a number of loyalty abilities, which are activated abilities with loyalty symbols in their costs. Loyalty abilities follow special rules: A player may activate a loyalty ability of a permanent he or she controls any time he or she has priority and the stack is empty during a main phase of his or her turn, but only if none of that permanents loyalty abilities have been activated that turn. See rule 606, "Loyalty Abilities."
If one of the planeswalker's loyalty abilities has already been activated this turn, then you won't be able to activate another one. Loyalty abilities are tracked by permanent, not by controller.
November 16, 2014 3:15 p.m.