MTG: preventing damage and planeswalkers?

Question

White has a lot of effects that say something like "prevent the next X damage to target creature or player" Does this leave the poor old planeswalkers SOL?
Or is it like the direct damage effects where you target the player and direct the damage to the planeswalker but instead of damage you target the player and direct the prevent of damage to the planeswalker?  Yeah I feel like I'm reaching but since the targeting and directing of damage has always seemed a weird way of going about things I'm hoping the preventing of damage might be equally weird.

MagicianTrent · Accepted Answer

Nope. No such rule for planeswalkers exists, and the damage redirection occurs before the daamge is actually dealt to the player, so damage prevention effects for the player don't apply. So damage prevention effects won't work unless they specifically apply to planeswalkers, permanent(s) you control, or the like.

? · Answer

A spell such as Divine Deflection will stop damage that could be redirected to the planeswalker. The damage must be able to hit the player first or else it cant be redirected.

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