MagictheGathering:ArenaofthePlaneswalkers

ConsumerCareQuestionsandResponses

Therehavebeenchangestoturnactionstohelpbalancegameplayandclearconfusion.Thefollowing
shouldbehowplayersperformactionseachturn.

1.Drawaspellcard&castspells.*
2.Selectanarmycard&castspells.*
3.Summon(ifplaneswalkerwasselected)&castspells.*
4.Moveselectedfigure(s).
5.Attackwithselectedfigure(s).
6.Castspells.*
7.EndyourturnIncreaseturntracker,thenplayertoleftnowtakestheirturn.
*Youmaycastupto3spellsduringyourentireturnonlyifyourPlaneswalkerisstillonthebattlefield.

FrequentlyAskedQuestions

1.ThePhoenixcreatureinthegamehasanabilitycalledRebirththatdoessomethingwhentheplayer
"playsasorceryspell"however,thebluespellPsychicRebuttalcancounteraplayedspell,doesthe
Rebirtheffecthappenifthe"playedsorceryspell"iscountered?

No.Aspellthatiscounteredisnotconsideredplayed.

2.Canaurasbeattachedtoanarmycardinthearmycardgraveyardoraretheyremovedwhenthe
armycarddies(asaresultofallsquadmembersbeingdead)?

Aurasareattachedtoarmycardsthatareinplay,notingraveyardsorreserves.

Whenallfigurespicturedonanarmycardhavebeendestroyed,thearmycardisplacedinyourarmycard
graveyard.Whenanarmycardisplacedinyourarmycardgraveyard,anyEnchantmentsattachedtothe
armycardareplacedintheirownersgraveyard.

3.CanRiseoftheDarkRealmsbringbackasquadcreaturefromadeadarmycard(allothersquad
creaturesonthecardaredeadaswell)?Doesthearmycardcomebackthen,andwithorwithoutitsold
enchantments?

Ifafigureonanarmycardthatisinyourarmycardgraveyardisreturnedtothebattlefield,thatarmycardis
placedbackinplay.

Whenallfiguresarepicturedanarmycardhavebeendestroyed,thearmycardisplacedinyourarmycard
graveyard.Whenanarmycardisplacedinyourarmycardgraveyard,anyEnchantmentsattachedtothe
armycardareplacedintheirownersgraveyard.

4.HonorofthePure,willthebonusstillapplyifallcreaturesintheenchantedsquadaredead(andthe
armycardwassenttothearmycardgraveyard)?OrdoesHonorofthePuregotothespellgraveyard?

Whenallfiguresarepicturedanarmycardhavebeendestroyed,thearmycardisplacedinyourarmycard
graveyard.Whenanarmycardisplacedinyourarmycardgraveyard,anyEnchantmentsattachedtothe
armycardareplacedintheirownersgraveyard.

5.ExactlywhencanactivatedabilitiessuchasLiliana'sSnuffOutbeactivated?Anytimebetweenaction
2andaction5oronlybetweenactionswhenthearmycardisconsideredchosen?

Page7,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderACTION2:CHOOSEANARMYCARD:Youcan
onlyuseactivatedabilitiesfromthearmycardyouchose.Forexample,youcanonlyuseLilianasSnuffOut
abilityonaturninwhichyouchooseLiliana.

YoucanonlyuseLilianasSnuffOutabilitityonaturninwhichyouchooseLiliana.Snuffoutcanbeused
afterAction2andbeforeAction3,orafterAction4.

6.Canspellsbecastanytimebeforeaction3andafteraction4orjustimmediatelybeforeandafter
thoseactions?

Spellscanbeplayedfromyourhandanytimeafteraction1andbeforeaction3andagainafteraction4and
beforeaction5.Youcanplayuptoatotalof3spellsperturn.

7.FortheredspellCircleofFlame,whichfigureisrequiredtohavethedamagemarkersalready,the
figurethatistakingthedamage(probablyanopponent's)orthefigurethatyoucontrolthatisadjacenttothe
figuretakingdamage?

Thefigurethatyoucontrolisthefigurethatisrequiredtohavethedamagemarkersalready.

8.DoesUnsummon,thebluespell,removedamagecounters?Howdopartialsquadsummonswork?

Page13,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderReturningaUniqueSquadtoOwners
Reserve:
Onlyfiguresonthebattlefieldarereturnedtoanownersreserve.Anyfiguresinthefiguregraveyardstay
there.Allattachedenchantmentsarediscardedtotheirownersgraveyards.Alldamagemarkersare
removed.

Yes,whencreaturesarereturnedtoaplayersreservealldamagemarkersonthosecreaturesareremoved.
Thesameruleswouldapplyforsummoningapartialsquadasforsummoningafullsquad.Youwouldtake
anycreaturesonthatarmycardandplacethemontothebattlefieldonanemptyspacewithin5clearsight
spacesawayfromtheplaneswalkerthatissummoningthem.Ifthereareanysquadcreaturesonthatarmy
cardthatarealreadyinthegraveyard,theyarestilldestroyedandcannotbesummoned.

9. DoesacreatureundertheeffectsofMindControlactasacreatureyoucontroloryouropponent
controlsfordisengagementsandmovingthroughfriendlycreatures?

IfyouplayMindControlandtargetasquadcreatureyouropponentcontrols,youcontrolthatcreaturewhile
youaremovingandattackingwiththetargetcreature.
Youcannotuseactivatedabilities.AnexampleofanactivatedabilityisLilianasSnuffOut.Currently,no
squadcreaturesinArenaofthePlaneswalkershaveactivatedabilities.

AMindControlledcreaturewouldtakealeavingengagementattackfromyouropponentsfigure,notyour
own.However,theopponentwhocontrolsthefigurewhowouldmaketheleavingengagementattackcan
choosetonottaketheattack.

10. Page7oftherulebookstatesthatsummonedfiguresmustbe...within5clearsightspacesofyour
Planeswalker.Precisely,whatdoesclearsightspacesmean?DoesthisrequirethePlaneswalkertohave
lineofsight(LOS)tothehexwherethefigurewillbesummoned,LOStothefigurethatisbeingsummoned,
both,orsomethingelse?

Yes.YoucanplacethefigureyouwanttosummoninaspacetoseeifyourPlaneswalkercanseeit.Ifyour
Planeswalkercanseeit,youcansummonittothatspace.IfyourPlaneswalkercannot,youneedtofind
anotherspace,onethatmeetstherequirementofClearSightSpaces.

Page13,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderClearSightSpaces:
NissasKeenSightmentionsclearsight.Todetermineclearsight,useNissastargetpoint.Ifshecansee
anypartofyourfigures(notjustthehitzone)withinthe4spaces,theyareaffectedbyKeenSight.To
determineclearsightfromadoublespacefigure,youmaycountfromanyofthespacesthefigureoccupies.

11. Please,clarifyhowyourrulingtoQuestion3affectsthesummoningofdoublespacedfigures.Page
13statesthatonlyonehexofthebaseneedstobewithinthe5clearsightspaces.LetssayIsummona
doublespacedfigureplacingonehalfofthefigure5hexesawayandtheotherhalfofthefigure6hexes
away.IfanobstacleblocksLOStotheportionofthefigure5spacesaway,butthePlaneswalkercanclearly
seetheportionofthefigure6spacesaway,canthefigurestillbesummonedthere?(Note:Page10ofthe
rulebookstatesthatlineofsight"hasnothingtodowiththespacesonthebattlefield.)

Inyourexample,yourPlaneswalkerneedstoseethedoublespacedfigureinthe5thspace.

12. Forlineofsight(LOS),mustafigurebefacingitstargettoattackitordoesLOSfromthegreendot
onthearmycard(typicallythefigureshead)havea360degreearc?(i.e.,canafigurelookoutthebackof
itshead?)

Nofacingisrequired.Youcanlookbehindtheattackingfigurefromanyangle.

13. TheIllusionaryProjectionsabilityIllusionaryDeceptionstatesthatitoccursAtthestartoftheturn
ofabluePlaneswalkeryoucontrol...WhendoesaPlaneswalkersturnbegin?(i.e.,whenthePlaneswalker
isselectedinAction2,atthebeginningofAction3rightbeforethePlaneswalkermoves,etc.)

ThePlaneswalkersturnstartswhenthePlaneswalkerisselected.

14. Please,explainhowyourrulingforQuestion6relatestosummoning.MustthebluePlaneswalker
summonbeforeusingIllusionaryDeception,afterusingIllusionaryDeception,orisittheplayerschoice
onorder?

Yes,youcanuseIllusionaryDeceptionbeforeyousummon.

15.TheWhitespellInspiredChargegives+2/+1untilendofturn.Whatisthepointoftheextradefense
diceifit'sgonebythetimeyouwouldbeattackedagain?

IntheArenaofthePlaneswalkerCoregamealone,thereisnouseforincreasingacreaturestoughnesson
yourturn.

16.Page10oftherulebooksays,PlaceonedamagemarkeronitsarmycardifitisaPlaneswalkerora
uniquehero...Placethedamagemarkeronthebaseofthefigureifitisasquadfigureoracommonhero.
However,page11contradictsthissaying,Ifthefigureiscommon,thenanydamagemarkersgoonthe
base.Ifthefigureisunique,thenthedamagemarkergoesonthearmycard."Ibelievepage11isamisprint
asitwouldbedifficulttodifferentiatebetweendamageondifferentuniquesquadmembers.Whichofthese
twostatementsiscorrect?

Thiswasamistake,thisisthecorrecttext:
Foreachdamagedealt,adamagemarkerisplacedonthebaseofthefigureifitisasquadcreatureoron
thearmycardifitisaherocreatureoraPlaneswalker.

17.Therulesstatethatifahiddenenchantment'striggerisforgotten,itis"putoutofplay"asaresult.Does
thismeanthatthecardisimmediatelydiscardedonceaplayerhasdiscoveredthatthetriggerwasmissed,
orthatthetriggerwassimplymissedandplaycontinuesuntilthenexttime?

Page6,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderEnchantmentsAuracards:
Ifyouforgettotriggerahiddenenchantcard,itisplacedoutofplaywithoutbeingtriggered.Sodont
forget.

Ifahiddenenchantmentstriggerisforgotten,itisplacedoutofplayitisnotdiscardedandplacedintothe
playersgraveyard,itsplacedentirelyoutofthegame.Ifitisnottriggeredatthefirstopportunity,itdoesnot
triggeratallandisplacedoutofplay.

18.Itseemsthatthereisanimplied"reserve"zonewherenonsummonedsquadsarelocated,andwhen
theyaresummonedbyaPlaneswalkertheyaremovedtoamoregeneral"play"zonetosignifytheyareno
longerinthereserve.Igotthisimpressionduetotherulesonwhathappenswhenunitsdie,sincetheygoto
theirowngraveyards.Doesthismeanthatsquadscanonlyeverbesummonedoncepergame,andasunits
dietheycanneverbereplacedbyresummoning?Sincesquadcardsgotoagraveyardwhenallunitsofa
particularsquaddie,doesthismeanthatonceasquadislostthereisnowaytosummonthatsquadron
anymoreuntilanothergame?

Page6,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunder2.Placeyourarmycardsinfrontofyou:
PlaceallnonPlaneswalkerarmycardsandfiguresinyourarmyofftoonesidefaceup.Thislocationis
calledyourreserve.

Page7,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderPLANESWALKERRULES:
BeforeAction3ofyourPlanewalkersturn,yourPlanewalkermaysummonuptotwosquadsandheroes
fromyourreservetothebattlefield.

Itisnotanimpliedreservezone.Itisclearlystatedintherules.Seequotesabove.

Sincesummoningonlyhappensfromthereserveandnotthegraveyard,destroyedfiguresbydefinition
cannotbesummoned.However,sometimesyoucanstillplayabilitiesandspellcardsonfiguresoncethey
areinthefiguregraveyardthatcanreturnthemtothebattlefield!RestlessZombiesDarknessArisesability,
FlamewingPhoenixesRebirthability,andspellslikeRiseoftheDarkRealmshaverulesthatallowplayers
tointeractindifferentwayswithfiguresinyourfiguregraveyard.

19.Stemmingofffromthepreviousquestion,ifaunitfromasquadisthetargetofthespellUnsummonand
isthussentbacktothereserve,isitcorrecttodeducethattheycanberesummonedonceyouchoosethe
Planeswalkerastheunittocontrolonyourturn?

Correct.
Page7,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderPLANESWALKERRULES:BeforeAction3ofyour
Planewalkersturn,yourPlanewalkermaysummonuptotwosquadsandheroesfromyourreservetothe
battlefield.

20.Theactualflowofcombatisabitconfusing,especiallywhencertainspellscantriggerfromanattack.
CardslikeStranglingSoottriggerwhenaunitisbeingattackedbyanopposingunit,andinthiscaseit
destroystheattackingunit.Doesthetriggerhappenimmediatelyuponthedeclarationoftheattack,before
dicearerolled?Ordoestherollingoftheattacker'sdiceactastheindicationthattheattackhasbeenmade
andthetriggerhappensbeforedefensedicearerolled?Ordoesthisonlyhappenifdamagewouldbe
appliedatall(afaileddefense)?

CardslikeStranglingSootandCalltoHeeltriggerontheannouncementoftheattack.

Page11,ArenaofthePlaneswalkersgameguideunderHOWTOATTACK
Tocarryouttheattack,followthesesteps:1.Announcewhichfigureistheattackerandwhichfigureisthe
defender.

21.DotherulesofwhenspellsgotothegraveyardapplyinthisgamethesamewayasintheoriginalMagic
theGatheringcardgame,inthataftertheeffectofthespellhappensitgoestothegraveyardandthusbe
targetedbyTwinflameforanotherrecastingofthefirstspell?

Yes.Spellsgointothegraveyardimmediatelyafterbeingplayed,soDualCasting(whichallowsyoutoplay
aredsorceryfromyourgraveyardthatyouplayedthisturn)canbeusedaswritten.

22.ClarificationonDualCasting(whichalsoappliestoTalentoftheTelepath).

WhenusingthetheredspellDualCasting,theplayedcarddoescounttowardsthe3spellperturnlimit.
Heresanexample:
YouplayIncinerate.
YouplayDualCasting.
YouselectIncineratetoplayagain.
Youhaveplayed3spellsandcannotplayanotherspellthisturn.