Magic: The Gathering: 10 Most Powerful Planeswalker Cards

10. Karn Liberated

Karn Liberated is an amazing Planeswalker, if a little expensive. A +4 ability on a Planeswalker is practically unheard of and forcing your opponent to not only discard but exile a hard from their hand isn’t something to scoff at.

His -3 ability is great, especially as the exile tag ignores creatures with indestructible, and it can even target land to ruin your opponent’s mana curve. His -14 ultimate ability is one of the best in the entire game, as, if done right, it essentially assures a victory even in games with more than two players.

However, as a 7-cost card with only 6 loyalty counters, and with its only defensive ability removing 3 loyalty counters, this Planeswalker is incredibly slow to get set up. Even if you rush Karn’s ultimate and keep it alive with removal spells, you need to exile at least one card with him to be viable, and two or three if you want to guarantee a victory.

Despite being incredibly strong, his slow tempo suffers to faster decks. He gets on this list, but only just.