These are the best black planeswalker cards for your deck.

Every planeswalker is intimidating in their own right. They land on the battlefield and you immediately know that it’s going to be a fight to remove them. Black planeswalkers offer a lot of versatility and value in your deck since black is the real color of removal. They also give multiple ways to draw cards, and can return creatures to the battlefield.

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The planeswalkers in this color have access to all of these abilities and more. From demons to necromancers, black planeswalkers utilize the best abilities black has to offer. These are objectively the best planeswalkers that operate under this portion of the color pie.

Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools might be a niche planeswalker card since it’s printed for Commander, but it deserves a spot amongst these other planeswalkers. Tevesh Szat has two abilities that tick up his loyalty, and that’s automatically a great feature for a planeswalker.

The first ability offers protection by creating not one but two creatures; however, the highlight has to be his ultimate that lets you take control of everyone’s commander whether they’re in play or in the command zone. Your opponents will want to stop Tevesh Szat from getting to ten loyalty as soon as they can.

Sorin Markov from Innistrad has seen a few iterations on planeswalker cards. Bouncing between mono-black and black/white-aligned, they’ve all had a vampire theme, which makes sense, since he is a vampire.

Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord fits perfectly into any Vampire deck and should be your number one choice. However, he only works well with vampires. If Sorin resolves on turn three, you can use his ultimate to put a vampire into play that costs a lot more than three and significantly impacts the board.

Six mana is pushing it when it comes to a playable planeswalker, but Liliana, Dreadhorde General impacts the battlefield well enough to earn a place in your deck. Her static ability, in conjunction with her second activated ability, offers more value than other planeswalkers with the same cost.

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Her ultimate is something for your opponents to fear because they will have to fight an uphill battle if you ever use it. Meanwhile, you’ll be sitting pretty with all your permanents intact. This might not be the best Liliana out there, but it’s better than other black planeswalkers.

If you ever miss Dark Confidant in Magic: The Gathering, then give Sorin the Mirthless a look. His first ability offers you card draw in the same method that Dark Confidant did. Losing life might not sound like a fun way to draw cards, but generate a vampire token with lifelink, and you’ll negate any damage you do to yourself.

Even if you don’t use his ultimate, Sorin generates a lot of value for the low cost of four mana. That’s a great cost for a card that has two abilities you can use the moment it resolves.

If you’re playing a reanimator deck, this is a card you want to have in your arsenal. Five mana is a little steep when there are cheaper spells that do the same thing, but those spells don’t let you create creature tokens or destroy a field of creatures also.

Liliana, Death’s Majesty impacts the board in a big way when it resolves. Have a Sheoldred, Whispering One or Griselbrand in your graveyard? Bring it back to life and watch your opponent shiver with fear. If you manage to keep Liliana in play long enough, you can destroy all the non-zombies polluting the battlefield.

Magic Origins introduced double-faced planeswalkers that begin as creatures and transform into a planeswalker once certain conditions are met. This was a means to show the story that led the character to becoming a planeswalker. Liliana was one of the better of the five, starting as Heretical Healer and transforming into the Defiant Necromancer.​​​​​​​

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If this card started with more loyalty counters, it would be ranked much more highly. Unfortunately, she only starts with three counters, so you can’t bring back anything too intimidating. Her ultimate, however, makes any creature a recurring threat.​​​​​​​

A demon becoming a planeswalker is a scary thought because they have their own agendas. Being able to travel across the Blind eternities to bend others to your will isn’t the kind of power a demon should have, and Ob Nixilis is exhibit A.

Ob Nixilis Reignited is an impactful card that can be easily overlooked, but you shouldn't underestimate it. Drawing a card for the price of one health point isn't a big deal and neither is destroying any creature. Even better is being able to deal damage to an opponent whenever you draw a card.

Liliana, Waker of the Dead plays similarly to Liliana of the Veil, making it the second best black planeswalker to be printed. Coming in at four mana isn’t a terrible mana value to be at — if anything, it’s a fair cost. Plus this Liliana and you can make everyone discard. Tick her loyalty down, and you can remove a creature from the field.

Waker of the Dead’s ultimate, however, is the real threat. It’s a ticking time-bomb for your opponent, and if they don’t deal with Liliana quick enough, they’re going to have to deal with a past threat all over again.

When you hear the name Liliana, chances are you think of this card. When it first released during the first Innistrad block, you probably had to double-check that it was real. This card does a lot for three mana, which seems to be a dangerous place for planeswalkers if history has taught us anything.

Luckily, Liliana of the Veil never got too out of control. She was a threat that had to be dealt with immediately, though. At three mana, most players don’t have much to defend themselves with, especially when her second ability removes a creature. This three-mana necromancer will cost you a pretty penny these days.

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