The 50 Best Planeswalker Support Cards in Magic Ranked

Last updated on December 26, 2025

The Chain Veil | Illustration by Volkan Baga

If you ever wanted to build your own planeswalker-themed deck but don’t know where to start, the secret is in the support cards. Planeswalkers are powerful on their own, but they really shine when you have the right tools to protect them, fuel them, and push them toward their ultimates. With the right support, a deck built around walkers—often called “superfriends”—goes from clunky to unstoppable. Today, we’ll look at the best cards that help your planeswalkers do exactly that.

What Is Planeswalker Support in MTG?

Deploy the Gatewatch | Illustration by Wesley Burt

Planeswalker support in Magic: The Gathering give your planeswalkers the tools they need to shine. Instead of just dropping one and hoping it survives, support cards help protect them, make their abilities stronger, or speed up how quickly they gain loyalty. Some effects keep your walkers safe from damage, others make it easier to cast them, and many even push them toward their ultimate abilities faster.

Put together, planeswalker support turns a few powerful cards into the backbone of a strategy—commonly called “superfriends”—where your entire deck is built around keeping planeswalkers on the battlefield and making the most out of their abilities.

#50. Interplanar Beacon

Interplanar Beacon is a staple in superfriends decks. It gives life every time you cast a planeswalker and fixes mana by producing two colors specifically for them. It’s perfect for multicolor builds that need steady support to keep casting walkers.

#49. Settle the Score

Efficient and direct, Settle the Score exiles a creature while adding loyalty counters to a planeswalker. Removal that also accelerates your ‘walker toward its ultimate is a huge two-for-one, especially in decks built to win through loyalty abilities.

#48. Deification

Deification gives all your planeswalkers of a chosen type hexproof and makes them nearly impossible to remove through combat damage. As long as you control a creature, they can’t be taken down fully by damage. It’s a strong protective enchantment for focused ‘walker builds.

#47. Mox Amber

Mox Amber shines when paired with planeswalkers or other legends. Since it taps for mana of any color among legends you control, every ‘walker fuels it. Free acceleration like this helps you land threats faster and snowball value in a ‘walker-heavy strategy.

#46. Kaya’s Ghostform

Protecting your planeswalkers is key, and Kaya's Ghostform is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to do it. For just 1 mana, this aura ensures that if your ‘walker would die or even get exiled, it immediately comes back under your control.

The trick is that you can push a planeswalker to zero loyalty by using a minus ability, have it hit the graveyard, then return it right away—ready for another activation in the same turn. It’s not just protection, it’s a clever way to squeeze extra value out of your loyalty abilities.

#45. Vivien’s Grizzly

Vivien's Grizzly digs deep for creatures or planeswalkers. Its ability lets you repeatedly peek at the top of your deck, ensuring a steady stream of value. It’s especially useful in slower games, where you need to keep drawing gas for your board.

#44. Vessel of Nascency

Vessel of Nascency is a cheap way to find planeswalkers while filling your graveyard. Cracking it lets you pick from artifacts, creatures, enchantments, lands, or walkers, making it flexible. Even if you miss a key planeswalker, the cards in your graveyard often fuel recursion synergies.

#43. The Elderspell

Devastating in the right matchup, The Elderspell wipes out opposing planeswalkers while supercharging your own. Every ‘walker destroyed adds loyalty counters to one of yours, making it the perfect setup for hitting an ultimate far earlier than expected.

#42. Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor

Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor makes it harder for opponents to target your creatures and planeswalkers, taxing them with an extra cost. On top of that, it makes wizard tokens while looting through your deck. It protects your board while giving you extra tools to maintain an advantage.

#41. Gold-Forged Thopteryx

Flying and lifelink already make Gold-Forged Thopteryx solid, but its true strength is granting ward to all your legendary permanents. That little tax makes it much harder for opponents to pick off your planeswalkers or other key legends, giving you time to set up.

#40. Kethis, the Hidden Hand

Kethis, the Hidden Hand reduces the cost of legendary spells, which includes planeswalkers, and lets you reuse them from the graveyard by exiling other legends. In ‘walker-heavy decks, it makes sure your hand and yard always fuel more plays, keeping pressure nonstop.

#39. Mila, Crafty Companion / Lukka, Wayward Bonder

Mila, Crafty Companion grows your planeswalkers whenever opponents attack them and also draws you cards when your permanents are targeted. On the back, Lukka, Wayward Bonder digs, reanimates creatures, and provides a game-changing emblem, making this card flexible support.

#38. Primevals’ Glorious Rebirth

Primevals' Glorious Rebirth brings back every legendary permanent from your graveyard. For superfriends, this means reviving an entire squad of planeswalkers at once, often turning a lost board into an overwhelming army of loyalty abilities.

#37. Djeru, With Eyes Open

Djeru, With Eyes Open tutors for any planeswalker when it enters while also reducing damage dealt to your ‘walkers. Its vigilance body adds defense, making it the perfect role-player to protect and support planeswalker strategies by both finding and shielding them.

#36. Arena Rector

When Arena Rector dies, it can exile itself to cheat any planeswalker directly onto the battlefield. This makes it one of the strongest tutor effects for ‘walkers, bypassing mana costs entirely. It’s a powerful way to accelerate into high-impact planeswalkers early.

#35. Captain Sisay

Tutoring repeatably, Captain Sisay searches for any legendary card, including planeswalkers. Having direct access to your most important legends each turn makes it a powerful consistency engine. In a superfriends deck, it’s like always having the exact ‘walker you need.

#34. Urza’s Ruinous Blast

Urza's Ruinous Blast is a board wipe that leaves your legends intact. In planeswalker-heavy decks, this means clearing away opposing threats while your walkers survive untouched. It’s a one-sided reset button that puts the game back in your control.

#33. Displacer Kitten

Displacer Kitten blinks permanents whenever you cast noncreature spells. In superfriends builds, this resets planeswalkers to activate them again or protect them from removal. It’s a combo-friendly support piece that turns every spell into extra value.

#32. Command the Dreadhorde

Command the Dreadhorde lets you bring back as many creatures and planeswalkers from all graveyards as you want, at the cost of life equal to their mana values. In ‘walker-focused decks, this becomes a way to refill your board dramatically in one move.

#31. Delighted Halfling

Delighted Halfling ramps and ensures your legendary spells can’t be countered. In ‘walker-focused decks, this makes sure your planeswalkers hit the board no matter what kind of control magic you’re facing.

#30. Onakke Oathkeeper

Onakke Oathkeeper taxes attacks on your planeswalkers, forcing opponents to pay extra just to swing at them. Later on, it can even reanimate a ‘walker from your graveyard. This makes it a dual-purpose card: Both defender and recursion engine for your key pieces.

#29. Lae’zel, Vlaakith’s Champion

Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion makes your counters go further. It adds an extra counter whenever you place one on a creature, planeswalker, or even yourself. This ability pairs beautifully with loyalty counters, helping your walkers reach ultimates much quicker.

#28. Spark Double

Imagine landing a second copy of a powerhouse planeswalker like Jace, the Mind Sculptor without worrying about the legend rule—that’s where Spark Double shines. It clones any creature or planeswalker you control, and if it copies a ‘walker, it even gains an extra loyalty counter right away. Having two of the same planeswalker means doubling up on backbreaking abilities—like locking down draws or brainstorming twice a turn—which overwhelms the table fast.

#27. Jace’s Triumph

Jace's Triumph is part of the iconic Triumph cycle alongside cards like Chandra's Triumph and Gideon's Triumph, each tied to a specific planeswalker. It’s already a solid draw spell for two cards on its own, but if you have a Jace planeswalker on the field, it scales up to three. That makes it a cheap, flexible way to dig deeper and keep your hand stocked with options while staying on theme with the cycle.

#26. Vronos, Masked Inquisitor

Vronos, Masked Inquisitor is all about protecting your ‘walker army. Its +1 phases out other planeswalkers until your next turn, shielding them from danger. Combined with bounce and a powerful ultimate, it slots perfectly into planeswalker-centric control decks.

#25. Comeuppance

Comeuppance is a lifesaver for both you and your planeswalkers. It prevents damage from outside sources and punishes attackers by reflecting it back. Against creature-heavy boards or burn strategies, it flips the script and buys crucial time.

#24. Shalai, Voice of Plenty

Shalai, Voice of Plenty gives hexproof to you, your walkers, and your creatures. That blanket protection is invaluable in superfriends decks, shielding planeswalkers from targeted removal. On top of that, it can pump the team with +1/+1 counters in the late game.

#23. Urza Assembles the Titans

Urza Assembles the Titans is a saga built for planeswalkers. It digs for one, cheats one onto the battlefield, and eventually doubles your loyalty activations for a turn. Few enchantments push superfriends' strategies forward like this one does.

#22. Elspeth’s Talent

Elspeth's Talent is part of the Talent cycle, much like how the Triumphs worked for planeswalkers. Alongside options like Teferi's Talent and Rowan's Talent, each one grants a unique enhancement to its respective planeswalker. Elspeth teaches a ‘walker a brand-new +1 ability to make three tokens, while also rewarding every activation with a team-wide buff and vigilance. It doesn’t just improve one planeswalker—it turns that ‘walker into a board-wide threat generator.

#21. Semester’s End

Protecting your planeswalkers en masse is what Semester's End does best. It exiles your team and brings them back with an extra loyalty or +1/+1 counter. This dodges board wipes while making your walkers even stronger when they return.

#20. Vraska, Betrayal’s Sting

Vraska, Betrayal's Sting combines card draw, proliferate, and poisonous finishers. Its 0 ability steadily builds loyalty while drawing. The ultimate threatens a poison-based win, making this Vraska perfect for decks looking to pressure both life and counters.

#19. Carth the Lion

Carth the Lion is a powerhouse in superfriends. It digs for planeswalkers whenever it or one of them dies, ensuring you never run out. Even better, it effectively makes loyalty abilities stronger by reducing their cost, helping you push towards ultimates faster.

#18. Ajani, Sleeper Agent

Ajani, Sleeper Agent digs for creatures or planeswalkers with its +1, while its −3 spreads counters and vigilance across your team. The emblem is terrifying, poisoning opponents whenever you cast walkers or creatures. It brings constant pressure on multiple axes.

#17. Leori, Sparktouched Hunter

Leori, Sparktouched Hunter adds an explosive twist to superfriends. By copying planeswalker abilities when it hits, it doubles your activations for a turn. This flying, vigilant threat keeps pressure on opponents while fueling your ‘walker synergies.

#16. Kasmina, Enigma Sage

Kasmina, Enigma Sage shares its loyalty abilities with all other planeswalkers. Every ‘walker gets extra utility, from scrying to creating tokens. This makes your planeswalker suite much more versatile, giving each one new tools to control the game.

#15. Deploy the Gatewatch

Deploy the Gatewatch is a dream card for superfriends players. Looking at seven cards and dropping two walkers straight to the battlefield can swing a game on the spot. It’s a flashy, high-impact spell that rewards heavy planeswalker counts.

#14. Brokers Ascendancy

Brokers Ascendancy adds loyalty to all your planeswalkers at the end of each turn, while also putting counters on your creatures. It’s an enchantment that steadily snowballs value, ensuring your walkers grow stronger every time you pass the turn.

#13. Deepglow Skate

Doubling all counters when Deepglow Skate enters the battlefield is absurd in superfriends. One trigger can push multiple planeswalkers straight to their ultimates. This fish is infamous for explosive plays that end games on the spot.

#12. Commodore Guff

Commodore Guff is a planeswalker designed for superfriends. It gives loyalty to other walkers each turn, creates ramping wizard tokens, and draws cards while dealing damage equal to your ‘walker count. It’s even a commander option for EDH players.

#11. Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Teferi, Temporal Archmage is a control powerhouse for planeswalker decks. It lets you untap permanents, dig through your deck, and its ultimate makes loyalty activations instant-speed. As a commander, it turns every game into a superfriends showcase.

#10. Rings of Brighthearth

Rings of Brighthearth doubles up loyalty abilities for just 2 mana. Copying a planeswalker’s activation often means twice the value or even double emblems. It enables explosive turns and endless value in superfriends builds.

#9. Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain searches for legendary permanents, including planeswalkers. With enough colors in play, it can tutor and drop walkers straight onto the battlefield. Its scaling power makes Sisay a flexible commander that rewards a diverse legend package.

#8. Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God

Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God takes superfriends to a villainous extreme. It has the loyalty abilities of all other planeswalkers on the battlefield, giving you unmatched flexibility. Combined with its own removal and game-ending ultimate, it’s a powerhouse finisher.

#7. Oath of Teferi

With Oath of Teferi, superfriends decks get one of their most powerful tools. This enchantment lets each of your planeswalkers activate twice per turn instead of just once, which means you can minus for value and still plus to build loyalty right after. On top of that, it blinks a permanent when it enters, giving you extra value from an ETB effect.

What makes it even cooler is that it’s part of the Oaths cycle—cards like Oath of Jace and Oath of Liliana also give unique bonuses tied to planeswalkers. Together, the Oaths feel like a team pledge, but in practice, Oath of Teferi is the one that supercharges your strategy, pushing your board toward overwhelming control through sheer loyalty spam.

#6. Doubling Season

Few enchantments are as game-warping as Doubling Season. Not only does it double every token you make, but it also doubles the counters placed on permanents. In a planeswalker-heavy build, that means walkers enter with twice their loyalty, often letting you ultimate them the moment they hit the battlefield. Notably, it will not double the number of counters put on a planeswalker from activating an ability.

In token strategies, it snowballs out of control by turning every single generator into double the army. Combine those two angles, and you have one of the most iconic enchantments in Commander—an engine that pushes any counter-based deck from steady value into explosive, game-ending power.

#5. The Chain Veil

The Chain Veil has a reputation for breaking planeswalkers wide open. By letting you activate each of your walkers an extra time, it doubles loyalty gains and quickly pushes them toward ultimates. When paired with untap effects or planeswalkers that generate mana, it can even lead to infinite loops that end games on the spot. Beyond its combo fame, this artifact also had competitive chops—it was once a staple in Pioneer’s mono-green devotion decks during their prime, fueling absurd amounts of mana and turning those resources into overwhelming board states.

#4. Esika, God of the Tree / The Prismatic Bridge

Esika, God of the Tree brings mana ramp for legendary creatures, while the back side, The Prismatic Bridge, delivers free permanents from the top of your library every upkeep. The real trick, though, is being picky about what you load your deck with. By only running game-winning planeswalkers or massive creatures, every trigger from the Bridge becomes a bomb. That means instead of random value, you’re guaranteed to hit haymakers that either take over the game immediately or put you on the fast track to victory.

#3. Ajani, Mentor of Heroes

Ajani, Mentor of Heroes finds planeswalkers with its +1 while also buffing creatures with counters. Its ultimate grants an absurd 100 life, often locking games away. It’s a versatile ‘walker that adds both consistency and staying power to superfriends decks.

#2. Proliferate

For planeswalker decks, proliferate is one of the most powerful mechanics you can ask for. Every time you proliferate, your walkers gain loyalty without activating abilities, pushing them closer to ultimates the moment they enter play. With cards like Flux Channeler or Inexorable Tide, even casting your normal noncreature spells turns into a wave of counter growth across your board. Others, like Kilo, Apogee Mind or Dreamtide Whale, give you steady triggers turn after turn, making sure your walkers never stop climbing. The end result is simple: Ultimates arrive much faster than opponents expect.

The real danger comes from how repeatable proliferate can get. Artifacts such as Contagion Clasp and its bigger sibling Contagion Engine let you invest mana into proliferate triggers, turning them into engines your opponents must answer. Flexible tools like Staff of Compleation add even more options, letting you proliferate on demand while drawing cards or ramping. Then there are heavy hitters like Ichormoon Gauntlet or Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus which take proliferate to busted levels by either granting walkers new abilities or doubling every trigger you get. Together, these cards make proliferate one of the defining mechanics of superfriends strategies, turning a board full of walkers into an unstoppable avalanche of loyalty.

#1. Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Doubling your progress while cutting opponents in half is exactly what Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider brings to the table. In a superfriends deck, that’s downright terrifying—most planeswalkers enter the battlefield with enough loyalty to ultimate immediately, turning what should be a slow buildup into instant game-breaking power. On top of that, it shuts down opposing strategies that rely on +1/+1 counters, sagas, or other incremental counters, making it both an enabler for your plan and a roadblock for everyone else.

Wrap Up

The Elderspell | Illustration by Daarken

Planeswalker support cards make the difference between a deck that struggles to keep its board intact and one that feels unstoppable. Whether it’s protection, ramp, or ways to supercharge loyalty counters, the right support turns every ‘walker into a game-winning threat.

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