One of the most impactful and critical sets in Magic: The Gathering’s history is just around the corner. Dubbed War of the Spark, this set revolves around the dragon Nicol Bolas coming to Ravnica to eliminate all of the opposing Planeswalkers. With an undead army and a machine that prevents Planeswalkers from escaping, some of the most iconic figures in the game are in this set. Including the Buy-a-Box promo, there are a total of 37 different Planeswalkers in War of the Spark.
Coming in at Uncommon, Rare, and Mythic, Planeswalkers differ this time around by boasting static abilities. This can be anything from granting creatures Affinity to drawing a card when a creature dies. Additionally, we will only be posting confirmed cards for War of the Spark and not ones that have potentially leaked. Given almost all of the leaked Planeswalker cards are very blurry, we cannot directly confirm their authenticity.
We will update this list as new War of the Spark Planeswalkers are revealed:
Nicol Bolas, Dragon God
Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God has all loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield.
[+1]: You draw a card. Each opponent exiles a card from their hand or permanant they control.
[-3]: Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
[-8]: Each opponent who doesn’t control a legendary creature or planeswalker loses the game.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
If you would draw a card while your librabry has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
[+1]: Target player pets the top two cards of their library into their graveyward. Draw a card.
[-8]: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.
Chandra, Fire Artisan
Whenever one or more loyalty counters are removed from Chandra, Fire Artisan, she deals that much damage to target opponent or Planeswalker.
[+1]: Exile the top card of your library of your library. You may play it this turn.
[-7]: Exile the top seven cards of your library. You may play them this turn.
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card.
[+1]: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
[-4]: Each player sacrafices two creatures.
[-9]: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent types and sacrafices the rest.
Tibalt, Rakish Instigator
Your opponents can’t gain life.
[-2]: Create a 1/1 Devil creature token with “When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.”
Arlinn, Voice of the Pack
Each creature you control that’s a Wold of a Werewolf enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
[-1]: Create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.
Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge
Creature and Planeswalker spells you cast have affinity for artifacts.
[+2]: Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of artifacts you control. You gain X life.
[-3]: Return target artifact card from your graveyward to your hand.
[-8]: Exilie the top ten cards of your library. Put all artifact cards among them onto the battlefield.
Vraska, Swarm’s Eminence
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a player or planeswalker, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
[-2]: Create a 1/1 black Assassin creature token with deathtouch and “Whenever this creature deals damage to a Planeswalker, destroy that Planeswalker.”
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Prevent all noncombat damage that would be dealt to you and other permanents you control
[-2]: Exile target creature with power 4 or greater.
Tefari, Time Raveler
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
[+1]: Until your next turn, you may cast sorcery spells as though they had flash.
[-3]: Return up to one target artifact, creature, or enchantment to its owner’s hand. Draw a card.
Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted deals 1 damage to that player.
[-2]: Destroy target creature. Its own controller draws two cards.
Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.
[-1]: Untap target permanent.
Samut Tyrant Smasher
Creatures you control have haste.
[-1]: Target creature gets +2/+1 and haste until end of turn. Scry 1.
Kaya, Bane of the Dead
Your opponents and permanents your opponents control with hexproof can be the target of spells and abilities you control as though they didn’t have hexproof.
[-3]: Exile target creature.
Teyo, the Shieldmage
You have hexproof.
[-2]: Create a 0/3 white Wall creature token with defender.
Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage
At the beginning of each opponent’s upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, Davriel, Rogue Shadowmage deals 2 damage to them.
[-1]: Target player discards a card.
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
You may cast creature spells as though they had flash.
[+1]: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gains vigilance and reach.
[-2]: Look at the top three cards of your library. Exile one face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as it remains exiled, you may look at that card and you may cast it if it’s a creature.
Angrath, Captain of Chaos
Creatures you control have menace.
[-2]: Amass 2.
Nahiri, Storm of Stone
As long as it’s your turn, creatures you control have first strike and equip abilities you activiate cost 1 less to activate.
[-X]: Nahiri, Storm of Stone deals X damage to target tapped creature.
Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord
As long as it’s your turn, creatures and Planeswalkers you control have lifelink.
[+2]: Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord deals 1 damage to target player or Planeswalker.
[-X]: Return target creature card with converted mana cost X from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a Vampire in addition to its other types.
Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor
Spells your opponents cast that target a creature or planeswalker you control cost 2 more to cast.
[-2]: Create a 2/2/ blue Wizard creature token. Draw a card, then discard a card.
Ral, Storm Conduit
Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, Ral, Storm Conduit deals 1 damage to target opponent or Planeswalker.
[+2]: Scry 1.
[-2]: When you cast your next instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Dovin, Hand of Control
Artifact, Instant, and sorcery spells your opponents cast cost 1 more to cast.
[-1]: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create a 1/1 colorless Servo artifact creature token.
[-2]: Target artifact you control becomes a copy of another target artifact or creature you control until end of turn, escept it’s an artifact in addition its other types.
Jaya, Venerated Firemage
If another red source you control would deal damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 1 to that permanent or player instead.
[-2]: Jaya, Venerated Firemage deals 2 damage to any target.
Karn, the Great Creator
Activated abilities of artifacts your opponents control can’t be activated.
[+1]: Until your next turn, up to one target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its converted mana cost.
[-2]: You may choose an artifact card you own from outside the game or in exile, reveal that card, and put it into your hand.
Domri, Anarch of Bolas
Creatures you control get +1/+0
[+1]: Add (Red) or (Green), Creature spells you cast this turn can’t be countered.
[-2]: Target creature you control fights target creature you don’t control.
Tamiyo,
Spells and abilities your opponents control can’t cause you to discard or sacrafice permanents.
[+1]: Choose a nonland card name, then reveal the top four cards of your library. Pull all cards with the chosen name from among them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
[-3]: Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Nissa, Who Shakes the World
Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional [Green].
[+1]: Put three +1/+1 counters on up to one target noncreature land you control. Untap it. It becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that’s still a land.
[-8]: You get an emblem with “Lands you control have indestructible.” Search your library for any number of Forest cards, put them onto the battlefielkd tapped then shuffle your library.
Ashiok, Dream Render
Spells and abilities your opponents control can’t cause their controller to search their library.
[-1]: Target player puts the top four cards of their library into their graveyard. Then exile each opponent’s graveyard.
Gideon Blackblade
As long as it’s your turn, Gideon Blackblade is a 4/4 Human Soldier creature with indestructible that’s still a Planeswalker.
[+1]: Up to one other target creature you control gains your choice of vigilance, lifelink, or indestructible until end of turn.
[-6]: Exile target nonland permanent.
Narset, Parter of Veils
Each opponent can’t draw more than one card each turn.
[-2]: Look at the top four cards of your library. Youmay reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sarkhan the Masterless
Whenever a creature attacks you or a Planeswalker you control, each Dragon you control deals 1 damage to that creature.
[+1]: Until end of turn, each Planeswalker you control become a 4/4 Dragon creature and gains flying.
[-3]: Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has [tap]: Add one mana of any color.
[-1]: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Ugin, the Ineffable
Colorless spells you cast cost 2 less to cast.
[+1]: Exile the top card of your library face down and look at it. Create 2.2 colorless Spirit creature token. When that token leaves the battlefield, put the exiled card into your hand.
[-3]: Destroy target permanent that’s one or more colors.
Keep in mind that every Planeswalker will have a corresponding card and companion. The latter is a spell that tied to that Planewalker and is designed to shed some lore on how they are coping with the growing conflict. There are a total of 264 cards in War of the Spark boasts and it boasts the most Planeswalkers in a set. Since the Proliferate mechanic is returning, we expect a ton of shenanigans in both Limited and Standard formats.
See Also
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