<p>This is correct. Because it is Alice's turn, she controls Mount Keralia:</p>
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<p>901.6 The owner of a plane or phenomenon card is the player who started the game with it in their planar deck. The controller of a face-up plane or phenomenon card is the player designated as the planar controller. Normally, <strong>the planar controller is whoever the active player is</strong>.</p>
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<p>And protection from [player] will prevent damage from objects that the player controls:</p>
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<p>702.16k “Protection from [a player]” is a variant of the protection ability. A permanent or player with protection from a specific player has protection from each object that player controls and protection from each object that player owns not controlled by another player, regardless of that object’s characteristic values. Such a permanent or player can’t be targeted by spells or abilities the specified player controls and can’t be enchanted by Auras that player controls. Such a permanent can’t be equipped by Equipment that player controls, fortified by Fortifications that player controls, or blocked by creatures that player controls. <strong>All damage that would be dealt to such a permanent or player by sources controlled by the specified player or owned by that player but not controlled by another player is prevented</strong>.</p>
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<p>Finally, a Plane does count as an &quot;object&quot;:</p>
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<ol start="311">
<li>Planes</li>
</ol>
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<p>311.1. <strong>Plane is a card type</strong> seen only on nontraditional Magic cards. Only the Planechase casual variant uses plane cards. See rule 901, “Planechase.”</p>
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</blockquote>
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<ol start="109">
<li>Objects
109.1. An object is an ability on the stack, <strong>a card</strong>, a copy of a card, a token, a spell, a permanent, or an emblem.</li>
</ol>
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<p>Alice and Bob play a game of Planechase. Bob controls a <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/136/true-name-nemesis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">True-Name Nemesis</a> and has chosen Alice as it entered the battlefield; the current plane is <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/opca/52/mount-keralia" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mount Keralia</a> with one pressure counter on it.</p>
<p>It is Alice's turn and she rolls the planer die, rolling the Planswalker symbol. When she planswalks <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/opca/52/mount-keralia" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mount Keralia's</a> first triggered ability triggers.</p>
<p>If I understand <a href="https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/cr901/#6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rule 901.6</a> correctly Alice controls <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/opca/52/mount-keralia" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mount Keralia</a> and <a href="https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/136/true-name-nemesis" rel="nofollow noreferrer">True-Name Nemesis'</a> protection ability will prevent the damage it would deal to it.
Is that correct?</p>

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Since the active player controls planes in the Planechase variant, does protection from a player protect a creature from planes too?
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# Since the active player controls planes in the Planechase variant, does protection from a player protect a creature from planes too?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-10-03)

Alice and Bob play a game of Planechase. Bob controls a [True-Name Nemesis](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/136/true-name-nemesis) and has chosen Alice as it entered the battlefield; the current plane is [Mount Keralia](https://scryfall.com/card/opca/52/mount-keralia) with one pressure counter on it.

It is Alice's turn and she rolls the planer die, rolling the Planswalker symbol. When she planswalks [Mount Keralia's](https://scryfall.com/card/opca/52/mount-keralia) first triggered ability triggers.

If I understand [rule 901.6](https://blogs.magicjudges.org/rules/cr901/#6) correctly Alice controls [Mount Keralia](https://scryfall.com/card/opca/52/mount-keralia) and [True-Name Nemesis'](https://scryfall.com/card/bbd/136/true-name-nemesis) protection ability will prevent the damage it would deal to it.
Is that correct?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-10-03. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

This is correct. Because it is Alice's turn, she controls Mount Keralia:

> 901.6 The owner of a plane or phenomenon card is the player who started the game with it in their planar deck. The controller of a face-up plane or phenomenon card is the player designated as the planar controller. Normally, **the planar controller is whoever the active player is**.

And protection from [player] will prevent damage from objects that the player controls:

> 702.16k “Protection from [a player]” is a variant of the protection ability. A permanent or player with protection from a specific player has protection from each object that player controls and protection from each object that player owns not controlled by another player, regardless of that object’s characteristic values. Such a permanent or player can’t be targeted by spells or abilities the specified player controls and can’t be enchanted by Auras that player controls. Such a permanent can’t be equipped by Equipment that player controls, fortified by Fortifications that player controls, or blocked by creatures that player controls. **All damage that would be dealt to such a permanent or player by sources controlled by the specified player or owned by that player but not controlled by another player is prevented**.

Finally, a Plane does count as an "object":

> 311. Planes
>
> > 311.1. **Plane is a card type** seen only on nontraditional Magic cards. Only the Planechase casual variant uses plane cards. See rule 901, “Planechase.”

> 109. Objects
>      109.1. An object is an ability on the stack, **a card**, a copy of a card, a token, a spell, a permanent, or an emblem.


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