If a creature is attacking a planeswalker, the controller of the planeswalker is the defending player
For example, Angelic Exaltation's ability won't trigger if you attack with multiple creatures and all but one of them are removed from combat
The Through the Ages cards can put a real spanner in the works for this, and I love spanners in the works
Wizards of the Coast took a technique used in its Japanese trading card game Duel Masters and printed text on both sides of the card to represent people transforming into monsters and back again (something that happens alarmingly regularly in Innistrad)
The Primordial Ooze is a, paraphrasing its flavour text, 'moving mass from the beginning of evolution' that digests everything in its path, animate or inanimate, to further its existence
If you're a new player, even better, a lot of these cards are cheap and cheap but potent cards are what every new player needs