Planeswalkers are not players. This is the rule you are looking for, please read it carefully
[quote]306.7. If noncombat damage would be dealt to a player by a source controlled by an opponent, that opponent may have that source deal that damage to a planeswalker the first player controls instead. This is a redirection effect (see rule 614.9) and is subject to the normal rules for ordering replacement effects (see rule 616). The opponent chooses whether to redirect the damage as the redirection effect is applied.[quote]
The 4of rule... has to be 1993 somewhere but I don't know the exact timeline.
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First, I am trying to find the date when the four card limit was created. I would prefer if it could be sourced.
Second, would a card like Inferno, do damage to both the player AND the opposing Planeswalker (as a player)?
For the second question: no. The only way to deal damage to a planeswalker is to either attack it or to redirect damage from a source that would deal damage to your opponent to their planeswalker. If you choose to redirect the damage then no damage is done to the player.
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Asking people to remove quotes in their signatures is tyranny! If I can't say something just because someone's feelings are hurt then no one would ever be able to say anything! Political correctness is stupid.
First, I am trying to find the date when the four card limit was created. I would prefer if it could be sourced.
The four-of rule is (at least) as old as sanctioned tournament play itself. It appears in the original DCI floor rules that were publicly posted on January 26th, 1994.
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Please use card tags when you're asking a question about specific cards: [c]Serra Angel[/c] -> Serra Angel.
First, I am trying to find the date when the four card limit was created. I would prefer if it could be sourced.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/103 - In this column, Mark Rosewater suggests both that the four-of-rule was first implemented in January 1994 (probably with the DCI floor rules, as pointed out by CarstenHaese), and that there was indeed a brief window before that when no such rule was recognized in tournament or casual. (For reference, Alpha was released in August 1993.)
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Second, would a card like Inferno, do damage to both the player AND the opposing Planeswalker (as a player)?
Please use card tags in future posts. The Forum Guidelines explain how to do that. -Carsten
[quote]306.7. If noncombat damage would be dealt to a player by a source controlled by an opponent, that opponent may have that source deal that damage to a planeswalker the first player controls instead. This is a redirection effect (see rule 614.9) and is subject to the normal rules for ordering replacement effects (see rule 616). The opponent chooses whether to redirect the damage as the redirection effect is applied.[quote]
The 4of rule... has to be 1993 somewhere but I don't know the exact timeline.
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For the second question: no. The only way to deal damage to a planeswalker is to either attack it or to redirect damage from a source that would deal damage to your opponent to their planeswalker. If you choose to redirect the damage then no damage is done to the player.
The four-of rule is (at least) as old as sanctioned tournament play itself. It appears in the original DCI floor rules that were publicly posted on January 26th, 1994.
Please use card tags when you're asking a question about specific cards: [c]Serra Angel[/c] -> Serra Angel.
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/mm/103 - In this column, Mark Rosewater suggests both that the four-of-rule was first implemented in January 1994 (probably with the DCI floor rules, as pointed out by CarstenHaese), and that there was indeed a brief window before that when no such rule was recognized in tournament or casual. (For reference, Alpha was released in August 1993.)