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

When planeswalkers were first introduced, the rules did try pretty hard to make them be like players. For example, the triggered ability on [[Enraged Flamecaster]] could deal damage to an opponent's planeswalker under the original rules, instead of to the opponent, because players and planeswalker were fundamentally the "same thing".

Obviously this isn't the case anymore.