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Title: Redirecting damage
Post by: respawned on November 23, 2013, 06:08:35 PM
When you redirect damage from a player to a planeswalker, do you have to redirect all the damage or can you redirect part and still have the rest hit the player?
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Mlerner12 on November 23, 2013, 06:09:43 PM
You must transfer all.
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Mattao19 on November 23, 2013, 06:10:22 PM
Unfortunately all unless you have something like {Boulderfall}
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Mlerner12 on November 23, 2013, 06:19:19 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on November 23, 2013, 06:10:22 PM
Unfortunately all unless you have something like {Boulderfall}
What's boulderfall?
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Gorzo on November 23, 2013, 06:23:05 PM
Quote from: Mattao19 on November 23, 2013, 06:10:22 PM
Unfortunately all unless you have something like {Boulderfall}

Even then, it's all or none of the damage assigned towards the player that gets redirected to the walker.

Boulderfall type spells can assign 1 to creature A, 1 to creature B, and 3 to the player (redirected to Planeswalker), but can NOT assign, say, 2 to the player and 3 to redirect to a Planeswalker.
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Kaleo42 on November 23, 2013, 06:32:23 PM
This also keeps you from hitting more than one walker with a single source of non combat damage.
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Mattao19 on November 23, 2013, 06:35:06 PM
Oh really? I'm sorry. Why not though? Bc it can be any number of players. Wouldn't that incl. PW?
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: respawned on November 23, 2013, 06:36:26 PM
Thanks everyone for quick responses :)
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Kaleo42 on November 23, 2013, 06:36:51 PM
You cant target a planeswalker with a burn spell. Only creatures or players. When dealing damage to a player with a spell you may redirect that damage to a walker they control.
Title: Re: Redirecting damage
Post by: Mattao19 on November 23, 2013, 06:43:03 PM
Ooooohhhh ok cool thanks