Magic The Gathering: Do Planeswalkers have summoning sickness?

Question

Ex: Chandra Nalaar

You do summon them, but their supposed to count as a player instead of a creature, so do they get summoning sickness? And will "summon creature" effects work on planeswalkers? If you use all their counters by doing an ability, do they die?

Answer 1

Planewalkers do not have "summoning sickeness". Only creatures are affected by "summoning sickeness". Planewalkers are not creatures. Planewalkers go to the graveyard when they have 0 loyalty counters on them, this is a state-based effect.

Answer 2

ill give u a short simple answer on how i learned them

they arent creatures

they are their own kind, planeswalkers.

they can use their ability once a turn even the turn they come out. and only one of the same name can be out at once. ex no two garracks but a chandra and garrack can both be out. i hope this helps u

Answer 3

Planeswalkers are destroyed once they lose all their counters.

PLANESWALKER LOYALTY

Loyalty is a characteristic only planeswalkers have. Each planeswalker has a loyalty number printed in the lower right corner of the card. This isn't a power or toughness -- it's a new value.

# A planeswalker comes into play with a number of loyalty counters on it equal to its loyalty number. While a planeswalker is in play, its loyalty is equal to the number of loyalty counters on it, and its printed loyalty number is ignored.

# Damage dealt to a planeswalker results in that many loyalty counters being removed from it; see "Dealing Damage to Planeswalkers" below.

# Playing an ability of a planeswalker causes it to gain or lose loyalty; see "Planeswalker Abilities" below. As a planeswalker loses loyalty, that many loyalty counters are removed from it. As a planeswalker gains loyalty, that many additional counters are put onto it.

# If a planeswalker's loyalty is 0, it's put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based effect.

# While a planeswalker card isn't in play, its loyalty is equal to the number printed in its lower right corner.