Teferi has made his presence known in virtually every format he is legal for play. Most of those times are when I’m losing to it! Let’s face it-you had me at “+1: Draw a card,” the mana, flexible removal, high starting loyalty, and GG ultimate are just icing on an opulent cake. I hate to say this, but sometimes I wish Teferi’s spark had just stayed out. Not only is the card packed with stats and useful abilities, but it pairs up all of the types of abilities that do the best things in Magic: draw extra cards, make mana, deal with any type of permanent on the battlefield, and cap it all off with a nigh unbeatable ultimate. Teferi is easily one of the most powerful planeswalkers to ever see print. In totality, the card has seen more play, across more formats, for a longer period of time than the other options. It was the first PW to make creature tokens, for instance. While the card has certainly peaked in terms of playability, Garruk Wildspeaker made a significant impact on the game. To be fair, I still have Garruk played against me in Modern or Legacy from time to time, and it’s still a potent threat.
While Garruk doesn’t see much play, neither do the other cards I was considering for the same slot.Īll things considered, I felt that Garruk was a bigger and more significant player for a longer period of time than other options, which is why I made him my 8th selection. Now, 12 years later there are many similar/comparable options as a sticky 4-drop threat. Power creep has certainly taken its toll on Garruk’s current playability in Modern and Legacy. What more could a green deck have asked for from its first planeswalker? Make a creature or make mana and the ultimate casts Overrun. It was also the first planeswalker I played against in Constructed and thought, oh wow, this card is going to absolutely wreck me.Īll three abilities work together in a synergistic way. Garruk was the first high impact planeswalker that demonstrated what a planeswalker could be in Constructed. Ultimately, I went with my heart and picked Garruk Wildspeaker for a couple of reasons. I felt solid about my top 7, but spent a considerable amount of time narrowing down the final selection. Let’s kick off the list with an oldie, but goodie. Also, if it can’t be Duressed, it can’t make my list.
With that being said, I do have a couple of planeswalkers on my list that were so undeniably potent and format shaping in their day that they simply can’t be ignored in the annuls of history. I didn’t want a list of stuffy, old irrelevant Magic cards. There are so many planeswalkers that were good in Standard and fell off into obscurity once they rotated. I wanted to make a list that reflects the dynamic evolution and impact the planeswalker card type has had on the game over the years and into the present. He’s basically the Liliana of the Veil of the format! ( Spoiler Alert: She’s in my top 8). In a Workshop world, the ability to repeatedly steal key threats and filter draws is beautiful. With that being said, planeswalkers have played a big role in Magic’s oldest format ever since they were introduced and I did want to feature that.ĭack Fayden came to us via 2014 Conspiracy and has remained a consistent, significant Vintage staple ever since. At this point, Vintage is such a small percentage of the totality of Magic played that it shouldn’t play a huge role in determining an “overall” best planeswalker list. I’ll openly admit I’m Eternal, and specifically Vintage, biased when it comes to the history of the game. Today’s article will explore the eight most powerful planeswalkers ever to be unleashed on the tournament scene over the past 12 years. With War of the Spark just around the corner and 36 new, unique planeswalkers about to be unleashed on Standard, it feels like a solid moment to look back and take stock of how we got here. For the trade-off of being a little bit easier to deal with than an artifact or enchantment (combat and damage) these cards were able to be a little bit more powerful and mana efficient.
Planeswalkers added a new twist in that they could be damaged directly by both spells or through being attacked in combat. Like planeswalkers, these artifacts are immune to direct creature removal like Swords to Plowshares or Terror and demand a unique subset of interaction (Disenchant, Shatter) to kill. There are dozens of such cards, where a player can plan on activating and gaining incremental advantage turn after turn.
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