MTG Planeswalkers First Turn?

Question

On the first turn when they are put onto the battlefield, can planeswalkers use an ability and then attack an opponent?

Answer 1

A planeswalker can activate one of its abilities during the turn it first enters the battlefield (remember that only one ability of a planeswalker can be activated per turn, and only during its controller's turn). Only creatures can attack, so I'm assuming the specific planeswalker you're talking about is Gideon Jura. If something that isn't normally a creature becomes a creature, it has to follow all the rules for creatures, and a creature can't attack the first turn it enters the battlefield unless it has haste.



Mike

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Answer 2

No. All permanents get summoning sickness, though only creatures are affected by it. If you use Gideon Jura's ability to turn himself into a creature (or the more roundabout method, use Liquimetal Coating to turn a planeswalker into an artifact, then have Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas turn that planeswalker into an artifact creature), it then becomes affected by the summoning sickness it already had, and therefore cannot attack (unless somehow given Haste).

Answer 3

I assume you mean the one planeswalker that can turn into a planeswalker? If anything in the game turns into a creature the first turn, no it cannot attack. If you had something like Lightening Greaves out, then yes it could.

Answer 4

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