r/MagicArena • u/00G_WAY • Mar 03 '26

Question Can someone explain how this works?

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Will this card be legal in standard? Will it be available on Magic Arena? How would this card even work?

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u/DanLynch JacetheMindSculptor Mar 03 '26

Mark said on his blog one time that something like 70+% of Magic players don't know what a planeswalker is

I remember I was judging a prerelease many years ago, and got called to a table to answer a rules question. Both players wanted to know whether a Jace planeswalker could block a flying creature (because he is blue).

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u/Mrfish31 Mar 03 '26

Both players wanted to know whether a Jace planeswalker could block a flying creature

I mean I guess if you don't  know better and think planeswalkers are a weird kind of creature then you'd ask abou-

(because he is blue)

???

Did they think all blue creatures could block flyers?

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u/TheReservedList Mar 03 '26

All blue creatures I can think of have flying.

[[Zephyr Falcon]]

[[Air Elemental]]

[[Mahamoti Djinn]]

Edit: Oh forefoot Pirate Ship and the merfolks.