# Critique my attempt at a Magic: The Gathering Deck

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 18, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-my-attempt-at-a-magic-the-gathering-deck/506885 "2009-08-18T21:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-my-attempt-at-a-magic-the-gathering-deck/506885/21 "2009-08-19T19:35:56Z")

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Plainswalkers are a new type of card. They come into play with X counters on it, which is shown in the bottom right corner. Each one has 3 abilities, one that adds a counter, one that removes a low number of counters, and one that removes a lot of counters. On your turn you may use one of those abilities, adding or removing the appropriate # of counters. The plainswalker dies when it has no counters.

The opponent, when attacking, can decide which creatures attack you, and which creatures attack the plainswalker. Any damage that gets through removes 1 counter per point of damage. Any spell that deals damage to you can be directed at the plainswalker as well.

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-my-attempt-at-a-magic-the-gathering-deck/506885/22 "2009-08-20T06:56:19Z")

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To further expound upon Planeswalkers: They are not creatures. Terror will not kill them. They are permanents though and a card like Vindicate or Maelstrom Pulse will.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-my-attempt-at-a-magic-the-gathering-deck/506885/23 "2009-08-20T15:04:57Z")

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> To further expound upon Planeswalkers: They are not creatures. Terror will not kill them. They are permanents though and a card like Vindicate or Maelstrom Pulse will.

I remember a game back in high school where one of my friends, in joking desperation at the end of a game, said that he was casting Terror on his opponent. The other fellow (who happened to be of African descent) said “Sorry, doesn’t work, I’m a black creature”.

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