How many planeswalkers are too many?

There's no hard "too many" limit in Magic: The Gathering for different planeswalkers in a deck (often 10-20 is a lot for casual/Commander "Superfriends," while some competitive decks might run 4-8), but the practical limit comes from mana, deck space, and the "Planeswalker Uniqueness Rule" (only one of each name can be on the battlefield), making 4-6 of key ones common, though 10+ can work in themed decks if they have protection and synergy.
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How many planeswalkers should I have?

Primarily, treat planeswalkers as legendaries, with no more than four in your deck.
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Is there a limit to how many planeswalkers you can have?

You can have multiple planeswalkers on the battlefield at once in Magic: The Gathering, as long as they have different names, thanks to the updated "Legend Rule". In your deck, you're limited to four copies of any single card, meaning you can have up to four of each unique planeswalker card (e.g., four Chandra, Torch of Defiance and four Chandra, Awakened Inferno, but only one Liliana of the Veil at a time unless you have different versions). 
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Who are the main 5 planeswalkers?

Before the days of the Gatewatch, there were only five Planeswalkers with cards. Ajani, Jace, Liliana, Chandra, and Garruk walked into Magic lore changing the game forever.
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What is the planeswalker rule?

In Magic: The Gathering, Planeswalkers are powerful, legendary permanents that act like a player's backup, entering with loyalty counters (their "life") and using loyalty abilities (add/remove counters) once per turn, similar to casting a sorcery, to gain advantages or pressure opponents. They aren't creatures but can be attacked, with damage removing loyalty counters; if loyalty hits zero, they go to the graveyard.
 
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Who is the strongest planeswalker in MTG?

It wasn't that long ago that if someone told you Jace, the Mind Sculptor wasn't an auto-include as the most powerful planeswalker ever printed, you wouldn't have believed them. It's Jace, the Mind Sculptor!
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Can you play multiple planeswalkers at once?

Yes, you can have multiple planeswalkers on the battlefield in Magic: The Gathering, but they must have different names; the old rule preventing multiple planeswalkers of the same type (e.g., two different Jaces) was removed and changed to the "Legend Rule," meaning you can control various legendary permanents with the same name (like two different Garruks or Nicol Bolases) as long as they aren't identical cards, and you can have many different named planeswalkers. 
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What is the oldest planeswalker?

Sorin Markov is a powerful vampire and one of the oldest surviving Planeswalkers in the Multiverse. Born over 7,000 years ago, he lorded over his home plane of Innistrad for millennia, preserving the balance between humanity and the monsters who prey upon them.
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Is MTG done with planeswalkers?

They still are the face of the game. They cut the number of cards with the planeswalker type per set, for the foreseeable future, but not the number of planeswalker characters in the story and marketing material.
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Which planeswalker has the most loyalty?

Karn Liberated has the highest loyalty addition of abilities at +4. Gideon, Champion of Justice has the largest loyalty cost at -15, barring the unbound -X cost that multiple planeswalkers have.
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Who are the original 5 planeswalkers?

The original five Magic: The Gathering Planeswalkers, known as the "Lorwyn Five," introduced in the Lorwyn set (2007) are Jace Beleren, Chandra Nalaar, Liliana Vess, Ajani Goldmane, and Garruk Wildspeaker; they were the first monocolored Planeswalkers printed as cards, representing each color (Blue, Red, Black, White, Green) and establishing the iconic template for Planeswalker cards that followed.
 
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What is a good ratio for a Commander deck?

A good Commander deck ratio starts with 37-38 lands, supplemented by around 10-12 ramp spells, 10-12 card draw/advantage, and 10-12 pieces of interaction (removal/board wipes), with the rest dedicated to your deck's core theme and synergistic cards, as the ideal split depends heavily on your Commander and playstyle.
 
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Can you minus a planeswalker to 0?

Planewalkers die when they reach zero loyalty counters. This can happen by taking damage (𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒), using a minus ability, or any effect that removes counters.
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Do all planeswalkers count as legendary?

Yes, as of the Ixalan update in 2017, all Planeswalkers in Magic: The Gathering are considered legendary, even if older printings don't explicitly say "Legendary" on the card; they've received errata to make them legendary permanents subject to the "legend rule" (meaning you can only control one of the same name). This removed the older "Planeswalker Uniqueness Rule" that looked at the planeswalker type (like "Nissa") instead of the name.
 
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Is it 40 or 60 card deck mtg?

Minimum 60 for the competitive formats (standard, modern, pioneer) no cap but adding more cards usually makes your deck less consistent. Commander is 100 cards. In regular magic, there isn't an upper limit but there are variants with 60 cards with a limit.
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How many planeswalkers are allowed in a deck?

You can have up to four copies of the exact same planeswalker card in your deck (e.g., four "Chandra, Torch of Defiance"), but you can include many different planeswalker names, like multiple versions of Liliana or Jace, as long as each has a unique name, due to the "Legend Rule" update that changed focus from Planeswalker Type to specific Name. For standard 60-card decks, the limit is four of any single card, while Commander (EDH) requires a 100-card singleton deck (one of each card, except basic lands). 
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What's the best planeswalker in MTG?

After many hours of deck tinkering, we've put together a list of the best Magic: The Gathering planeswalkers ever printed.
  1. Jace, The Mind Sculptor.
  2. Oko, Thief of Crowns. ...
  3. Wrenn and Six. ...
  4. Liliana of the Veil. ...
  5. Ugin, The Spirit Dragon. ...
  6. Teferi, Time Raveler. ...
  7. The Wandering Emperor. ...
  8. Teferi, Hero of Dominaria. ...
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Who was the first compleated planeswalker?

Tamiyo, Compleated Sage was the first Planeswalker card to feature the Compleated mechanic, released in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty.
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Can any planeswalker be a Commander in 2025?

The rule for Commander is that any (not-banned) Legendary Creature can be your commander. Planeswalkers are not Legendary Creatures.
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What is the rarest MTG card ever?

Magic: The Gathering's Rarest Cards Of All Time
  1. 1 - Black Lotus.
  2. 2 - One of One Ring. Imagine finding this in your booster pack. ...
  3. 3 - Autographed Black Lotus. ...
  4. 4 - Mox Opal.
  5. 5 - Lord of the Pit.
  6. 6 - Timetwister.
  7. 7 - Splendid Genesis.
  8. 8 - Phoenix Heart.
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Who was the first vampire in MTG?

Edgar Markov is the founder of the Markov bloodline and the very first vampire of Innistrad. Thousands of years ago he was an aging human alchemist, experimenting with ways to achieve agelessness for himself and his only grandson, Sorin.
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Which planeswalkers died in the MTG?

Gideon, Dack Fayden, and Domri are the only named planeswalkers that die. All the other deaths are just unnamed background characters.
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What is the legendary rule in planeswalkers?

Under the new rules, if a player controls more than one legendary planeswalker with the same name, that player chooses one and puts the other into their owner's graveyard. This means that if you control Jace, Unraveler of Secrets and cast Jace, Cunning Castaway, both Jaces can exist under your control.
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What was the first planeswalker card?

The first actual Planeswalker cards, representing the iconic "Planeswalker" card type with loyalty abilities, were the "Lorwyn Five" introduced in the Lorwyn set (2007): Ajani Goldmane, Jace Beleren, Chandra Nalaar, Liliana Vess, and Garruk Wildspeaker. However, characters like Nicol Bolas and Urza, who were planeswalkers in lore, appeared on cards much earlier (e.g., Legends 1994 for Bolas, Invasion 2000 for Urza), but weren't the specific "Planeswalker" card type until later core sets like Magic 2013.
 
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What cards let you activate planeswalkers twice?

Oath of Teferi. When Oath of Teferi enters, exile another target permanent you control. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step. You may activate the loyalty abilities of planeswalkers you control twice each turn rather than only once.
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