Hello all - question regarding a rule confirmation on how deathtouch works. A quick google check said that deathtouch works as follows;
"Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it."
I also noticed that Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar grants deathtouch but doesn't specify that it has to be granted to a creature.
So in regards to a planeswalker commander that does non-combat damage such as Jeska, Thrice Reborn, would that enable her -x ability to deal deathtouch pinging damage?
There is nothing in the rules that says a noncreature can't have deathtouch (for example, Pestilent Spirit gives instants and sorceries deathtouch). So there's nothing preventing a planeswalker from having deathtouch. If a planeswalker has deathtouch. If a planeswalker has deathtouch and uses an ability that deals damage to a creature, the damaged creature will be destroyed. Just note that deathtouch requires 1 or more damage dealt to work - dealing zero damage is the same as not dealing any damage at all.
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The rulebook is very clear about this: any object can deal damage, and any object can have Deathtouch.
109.1. An object is (...) a card, (...), a spell, a permanent, (...)
113.1a (...) Abilities can also be granted to objects by rules or effects. (...)
702.2a Deathtouch is [an] ability.
120.1. (...) An object that deals damage is the source of that damage.
702.2c Any nonzero amount of combat (...) by a source with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage (...)
"Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it."
I also noticed that Falthis, Shadowcat Familiar grants deathtouch but doesn't specify that it has to be granted to a creature.
So in regards to a planeswalker commander that does non-combat damage such as Jeska, Thrice Reborn, would that enable her -x ability to deal deathtouch pinging damage?
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Scientists have calculated that the chance of anything so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.
113.1a (...) Abilities can also be granted to objects by rules or effects. (...)
702.2a Deathtouch is [an] ability.
120.1. (...) An object that deals damage is the source of that damage.
702.2c Any nonzero amount of combat (...) by a source with deathtouch is considered to be lethal damage (...)
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