MTG Foundations: All known Planeswalkers (that we know so far)
MTG Foundations is the next major Standard expansion coming to the game, which means more Planeswalkers are returning. Foundations is a fascinating expansion, in that it’s designed to be held through several Standard rotations, like the Core Sets of the past. The current plan is to have Foundations through at least 2029. It’s half new cards, and half classic reprints, which includes some amazing cards.
While we cannot confirm these are all the planeswalkers that will appear in MTG Foundations, we will update if more are revealed before this expansion goes live on November 15, 2024. The next few years should be quite interesting for Magic: The Gathering, from Foundations to the upcoming Final Fantasy expansion.
All known Planeswalkers for MTG Foundations expansion
Below are all known Planeswalkers coming to the MTG Foundations set. This list could change as the weeks go on, but this is everything we know currently.
1) Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Ajani, Caller of the Pride is a classic MTG planeswalker, and is confirmed to return in the Foundations expansion. This particular planeswalker has been around since at least 2013 and was even in the Starter Commander decks. A 3-drop Mythic Rare planeswalker, he’s perfect if you’re running a deck that wants to overwhelm your opponent with tons of tokens.
His +1 is a simple +1/+1 counter for a creature, while his -3 grants flying/double strike to a creature until the end of turn. His -8 though is an incredible game-ending bomb, depending on your life total. This ultimate ability will grant you X 2/2 white Cat creature tokens, where X is your current life totals. Running this in a White/Green, or even Mono-White life gain deck is going to be a blast.
2) Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator
Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator is interesting because he’s not Jace! I’m glad to see any planeswalker in MTG Foundations show up instead of Jace. He’s easily my least-favorite planeswalker of all time.
Kaito has a passive ability that grants him a loyalty counter, anytime a creature you control deals damage to a player. This means he can ramp up pretty fast even as a blue creature — just run him in a sneaky ninja deck or with lots of flyers.
His +1 helps this too, though; up to one target creature you control can’t be blocked this turn. Draw a card, then discard a card. This could be interesting in a blue/red deck with the upcoming Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer somewhere down the line, even if his cost is high.
Kaito’s -2 creates a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token, and his -9 is where he really shines. You receive an emblem with “Whenever a player casts a spell, you create a 2/1 blue Ninja creature token.” Suddenly, players aren’t going to want to cast quite as many spells anymore.
3) Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Liliana, Dreadhorde General is my favorite version of my favorite Black planeswalker, and she’s back in MTG Foundations. Her passive lets you draw a card whenever one of your creatures dies, which is great since she also has a +1 that creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token for you.
The -4 makes each player sacrifice two creatures of their choice, which in turn, lets you draw cards. She’s just incredible. Her final ability only affects opponents, and can very easily wrap a game up.
For -9 loyalty, each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest. Suddenly, the game state has significantly changed.
4) Chandra, Flameshaper
From my favorite to my least favorite, though this is a new version of her. Chandra, Flameshaper is brand-new for MTG Foundations, and it’s a pretty solid planeswalker card. She has two +abilities. Her +2 gives you 3 red mana and exiles the top three cards of your deck. You can pick one and play it this turn.
Then you have her +1, which creates a token that’s a copy of the target creature you control, only it has haste and gets sacrificed at the beginning of your end step. Why not run this in a deck where you can steal creatures?
Then you have her -4, which can be cast immediately since she has 6 loyalty. It makes her deal 8 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers. Thankfully, you can’t hit players with it — that would be wildly unbalanced. As a planeswalker counter? Fantastic.
5) Vivien Reid
A Core Set 2019 planeswalker is back in MTG Foundations - Vivien Reid! Interestingly enough, she was reprinted in one of the Modern Horizons 3 Commander Precon Tricky Terrain. She’s such a great card, too, especially for beefy Mono-Green decks. Her +1 lets you look at the top four of your deck, take a land or creature from among them, and put it into your hand.
She can also use her -3 to destroy an artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. Very useful in a pinch, though you really want to keep ramping her up from her baseline loyalty of 5.
That’s because her -8 is an emblem - so it can’t be removed. It grants your creatures +2/+2, vigilance, trample, and indestructible. Virtually any green deck is going to be able to wrap things up with that emblem. Even your elves suddenly get beefy.
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