Magic has printed dozens of planeswalkers since the card type's introduction in Lorwyn, and keeping track of which character represents which color - and which ones have appeared across multiple colors over their printing history - can get genuinely confusing. This hub exists to organize that landscape rather than repeat character-specific content that already has its own dedicated home.
We already have complete, dedicated rankings for two of Magic's most heavily printed planeswalker characters: every Liliana planeswalker and all nine Tezzeret planeswalkers. Rather than duplicating that work here, this hub links out to both and focuses on organizing the rest of the planeswalker roster.
What follows is a color-by-color breakdown of other major planeswalker characters, meant as a navigation structure for the wider cast rather than a ranking of any single character.
If you're looking for Liliana or Tezzeret specifically, jump straight to their dedicated guides linked below - everything here covers the rest of the roster.
Elspeth Tirel and Ajani Goldmane are two of white's most recurring planeswalker characters, both associated with themes of protection, resilience, and rallying allies around a central figure. Elspeth's story arc in particular runs through several major sets and storylines spanning much of Magic's modern era.
Gideon Jura, often associated with white despite later appearing in other color identities across his printing history, is another major white-aligned planeswalker worth knowing if you're organizing a collection by character rather than strictly by color.
Jace Beleren is one of Magic's most iconic and most frequently reprinted planeswalkers, with a character arc built around memory, mind manipulation, and a recurring internal conflict about his own identity. His popularity has made him a recurring face across numerous sets and formats.
Tamiyo represents a quieter, more scholarly take on blue's planeswalker identity, often tied to storytelling and careful observation rather than Jace's more combat-oriented mind magic.
Liliana Vess and her many subsequent printings represent one of black's most significant and most frequently reprinted planeswalker lines, with a story arc spanning necromancy, demonic pacts, and a long struggle for independence from the forces controlling her. Rather than repeating that breakdown here, our dedicated guide ranks every Liliana planeswalker printed to date.
If black planeswalkers are specifically what you're here for, that guide is the more complete resource - this hub's job is pointing you there rather than duplicating it.
Chandra Nalaar is red's most consistently reprinted planeswalker, built around fire magic and a character arc dealing with loss, anger, and eventually a more controlled mastery of her abilities. She's appeared in more sets than almost any other planeswalker character in the game's history.
Sarkhan Vol offers a different red-aligned storyline, tied closely to dragons and a personal arc involving time travel and shifting loyalties across Magic's Tarkir-focused storylines.
Nissa Revane's planeswalker arc centers on a deep connection to nature and the land itself, often serving as green's signature representative across the sets she's appeared in. Her story involves a complicated relationship with the plane of Zendikar specifically.
Vivien Reid brings a more recent green-aligned perspective, closely associated with wildlife, hunting, and a strong thematic tie to creature-based strategies in constructed formats.
Nicol Bolas stands as one of Magic's most significant multicolor planeswalkers and overarching villains, spanning a storyline that runs through numerous major sets and crossovers. Ugin and Karn represent colorless planeswalkers, a rarer design space tied to artifact themes and the game's broader cosmic storylines.
Tezzeret, a blue-black-aligned artificer character with his own extensive printing history, already has a complete dedicated ranking covering all nine of his planeswalker printings - follow that link below rather than expecting a repeat of that breakdown here.
Wizards of the Coast continues printing new planeswalker characters and new takes on established ones nearly every year, which means a navigation hub like this one is never quite a finished document - it's a living structure that grows alongside the game's own release schedule. Characters not covered in detail above, from newer additions to older, less heavily reprinted planeswalkers, still fit into the same color-based organizational approach described here.
As EVORETRO builds out more character-specific guides the way we have for Liliana and Tezzeret, this hub is the natural place those future guides will link back from - treat it as a starting point that will keep pointing to more detailed resources over time rather than a complete, static roster.
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Our dedicated Liliana guide, linked below, covers that in full.
Our dedicated Tezzeret guide, linked below, covers all nine.
Chandra Nalaar, the most frequently reprinted red-aligned planeswalker.
No, some are multicolor or colorless, like Nicol Bolas, Ugin, and Karn.
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