Is damage to a planeswalker combat damage?

A creature attacking a Planeswalker deals damage directly to the planeswalker, unlike the damage from a Lava Axe. Therefore, an unblocked creature attacking a planeswalker and dealing combat damage to it does not classify as combat damage to a player.

What is considered combat damage in magic?

See rule 510, “Combat Damage Step.” In the beginning of each Combat Damage Step, players perform the turn-based actions of assigning and dealing the damage from attacking/blocking creatures to the attacked player/planeswalker or to the creatures blocking/blocked them. This and only this is considered Combat Damage.

How do you destroy a planeswalker in Magic The Gathering?

First, they can be attacked with creatures. Second, any damage dealt to a player by a spell can be redirected to any planeswalker that player controls. Finally, many cards can specifically interact with them. They are permanents, so cards like Vindicate and Oblivion Ring can remove them.

Can you assign blockers for planeswalkers?

Rulings. If a creature with both Deathtouch and trample is blocked by one or more creatures, assigning 1 damage each to the blockers (and the rest to the initial target, being player or Planeswalker, regardless of their toughness or previous damage), is considered a legal way to assign the damage.

Can you redirect a creature?

Creature spells and the Invocation do not target anything. Using Redirect on them will do nothing of use. There’s no target, so there’s no target you can change. So your opponent’s Invocation will resolve like normal and they’ll still get the tokens.

Can you redirect damage to planeswalkers?

You can redirect non-combat damage that a source you control would deal from an opponent to a planeswalker that player controls. You can’t redirect combat damage, you can’t redirect other players damage, and you can’t redirect damage to your own planeswalker, but the spell or ability doesn’t need to target a player.

Can you still redirect damage to planeswalkers?

The rule states that you cannot directly target a Planeswalker with damage dealing spells—instead, you must target a player and then redirect the damage from that player to a Planeswalker they control.

Is losing life taking damage MTG?

Life loss is unaffected by anything that prevents or redirects damage. Damage can be dealt to creatures, planeswalkers, and players. Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.

Is combat damage loss of life?

119.3a Damage dealt to a player by a source without infect causes that player to lose that much life. So combat damage is a special subset of damage and non-infect damage to a player causes life loss.