Magic: The Gathering Desparked Planeswalkers: 25 Former Walkers Now Printed as Creatures

The shift reportedly lines up with the finish of New Phyrexia's invasion across multiple planes, which relied on Realmbreaker and the Invasion Tree, and with the Omenpaths opening up throughout the Multiverse.

Desparked Cards by Character

Highlights from the list:

• Basri Ket: confirmed desparked in Aetherdrift on Basri, Tomorrow's Champion, in the race for The Aetherspark.
• Daretti: Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer in Aetherdrift, helping Chandra; the goblin's first appearance since 2016.
• Nissa Revane: she has two desparked cards, Nissa, Resurgent Animist and Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker, the latter being an energy card from Aetherdrift Commander. Each of them is a landfall card.
• The Wanderer: The Wandering Rescuer in Duskmourn, the first card for this character with subtypes.
• Niko Aris: Niko, Light of Hope in Duskmourn: House of Horror, which follows a single planeswalker card.
• Teyo: Teyo, Lightshield Expert, an uncommon in Reality Fracture.

Characters With Several Cards

Some characters have more than one non-planeswalker card:

• Karn: completely desparked, as seen on Karn, Legacy Reforged and Karn, Argent Defender.
• Kiora: her desparking came in Aftermath with Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep, while Kiora, the Rising Tide in Foundations bears the watermark. Kiora of Salt and Sand lacks it.
• Narset: desparked in Aftermath as Narset, Enlightened Exile, with watermark-free cards in Tarkir: Dragonstorm.
• Tyvar Kell: since the Desparkening he has received two cards, Tyvar the Bellicose and Tyvar, the Pummeler.
• Saheeli Rai: Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance is a 2-mana Izzet legend, and there is also Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar.

Cards Without a Watermark

Not every desparked character carries the marking. Aminatou is desparked, but Aminatou, Veil Piercer has no traditional textbox and so no watermark.

In Tarkir: Dragonstorm, Sarkhan Vol shows up as Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant, again with no watermark. The same goes for Samut, Hazoret's Champion and for the Echoverse version, Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun.

Other Notable Entries

• Nahiri: she was compleated in Phyrexia: All Will Be One and was later desparked, following March of the Machine, as Nahiri, Forged in Fury.
• Ob Nixilis: Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin, set on New Capenna, first desparked well before March of the Machine.
• Liliana Vess: desparked on Liliana the Repentant, her first printing with the watermark.
• Koth: Koth, the Geomancer in Reality Fracture.
• Rowan Kenrith: Rowan, Scion of War in Wilds of Eldraine, alongside Will.

Magic Desparkening in Context

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What it means for players

• Look for the watermark to spot a desparked card, but remember some, like Aminatou, Veil Piercer, have none.
• Several characters have both a planeswalker and a creature version, such as Liliana Vess.
• Aetherdrift Commander is where Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker, an energy card, comes from.

What is still unknown

• The ways the invasion changed the rules governing the Multiverse.
• The reason certain planeswalkers held onto their sparks, and the fate of the sparks that were lost.

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