

When a player chooses to attack another player in combat, attackers and blockers are declared. Understand how damage is assigned in combat. When a planeswalker has no loyalty counters on them they are put into the graveyard. In the case that your opponent deals damage to a planeswalker, it removes as many loyalty counters as points of damage dealt. You can block the oncoming attack on the planeswalker with your creatures and spells.

Planeswalkers can be attacked by your opponent's creatures and spells.You can activate these abilities, and the powers that come with them only when you can use a sorcery, and only once per turn. The symbol "+X" means "put X number of loyalty counters on this planeswalker" when you use an ability, while "-X" means "remove X number of loyalty counters from this planeswalker" when you use the ability. Each planeswalker comes with a certain number of loyalty counters, indicated in the bottom right side by a number.They are very rare and don't always make appearances in games, and they change the fundamentals of the game slightly when in play. A planeswalker is a powerful ally that is like a supercharged creature. Green's strengths are powerful creatures with "trample" the ability to regenerate creatures, or bring them back from the graveyard and getting lands faster. Green is the color of life and nature.Red's strengths are sacrificing resources for great power dealing "direct damage" to players or creatures and destroying artifacts and lands. Black's strengths are destroying creatures forcing opponents to discard cards making players lose life and returning creatures from graveyards. Black is the color of decay and death.Blue's strengths are drawing cards taking control of opponents cards "countering," or negating opponent's spells and "flying" creatures or creatures that cannot be blocked. Blue is the color of deceit and intellect.White's strengths are a host of small creatures that collectively become powerful life-gaining reducing the powers of opposing creatures and "equalizing" cards that wipe large swaths of cards off the board. White is the color of protection and order.Incorporate different colors into your deck: White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green.
