After having played the game of Magic for many moons, I became disenchanted with the game because I felt that the game had become stale ( at least ) for me anyway and so I journeyed to other games for a time…but I have returned to Magic because of this new block that had caught my interest…
Lorwyn!
A new verdant world to explore, and I have started my exploration, and what have I found…I have found the
PLANESWALKERS!
Planeswalkers are a new card type being introduced in the Lorwyn Block.
Planeswalkers are allies that can be played only when you are able to play a Sorcery, and is considered a Permanent, so that when the sorcery resolves, the Planeswalker comes under your control.
Planeswalkers are not Creatures, so spells that effect creatures, do not effect Planeswalkers, thus if a card effects a creature, it will not effect a Planeswalker.
Loyalty, is a characteristic associated with the Planeswalkers. Each Planeswalker has a Loyalty number, which is printed on it’s lower right corner. This is not a power or toughness, this is a new value.
Planeswalkers come into play with a number of counters that correspond to their Loyalty number. As counters are added or removed, these counters become the Planeswalkers Loyalty number, and the printed number on the card is ignored.
Playing a Planeswalker’s card abilities, can either add or subtract counters from Planeswalker.
If a Planeswalker’s Loyalty number equals 0, the Planeswalker is put into the Graveyard, as a State-Based-Effect.
Planeswalkers cannot attack in combat, but they can be attacked. I won’t go into how this works for now, but I will detail this in a future post.
There are five Planeswalker cards in this set and you can click the links below to find out more about the Planeswalkers;
And that’s the skinny about the Planeswalkers, the new guys on the ( or is that ) in the Lorwyn block. Planeswalkers will add a new depth to Magic, something which has been sorely been missing from the game of Magic for some time now.
Now, I have to go and open my five Lorwyn pre-con decks and see what is the skinny with those.
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