For the purposes of the thread, assume that War of the Spark contains a high number (36?) of "sparkless" Planeswalkers represented by Legendary Creatures, not typical Planeswalker cards. Furthermore, assume that this means that some of the Legendary Creatures push down into Uncommon, as was done with Dominaria. Because you can't put all of them into the Rare slot and still fill needs for other Rare cards (or can you?).
If War of the Spark is supposed to be a set with a splashy focus on the Planeswalker characters, wouldn't it make sense that we see build-around uncommons in the slot? So ten Planeswalkers represented by their uncommon Legendary Creature cards?
Which ones?
WU: We know Dovin is on Ravnica, but Teferi is going to come with the rest of the Gatewatch to save the day. We'll see both, it's just a question of who is Uncommon and who is Rare. But don't forget Narset (who could also show up as a three color card).
UB: An uncommon Tezzert artifacts matter Legendary Creature could make a lot of sense in a Bolas-centric set ... but if he plays a more relevant role could we see him at Rare, and instead a mill friendly Ashiok join to set up a Return to Theros later in the year?
BR: Tibalt? We know he's been described as Black-Red, we know he's back in the Comics. But is the Uncommon slot going to be for characters that will play a part moving forward, or will we see those planeswalkers at Rare? If not Tibalt, Angrath.
RG: Samut or Sarkhan. Both will show up in the Bolas-centric storyline. Sarkhan may still play a role as a three-color card at the Rare cycle, so why not Samut?
GW: Ajani seems too central to the storyline for just Uncommon, I'm guessing Huatli.
WB: Kaya? Our only other printed option is Sorin, but he's tied up (ish). The other idea is either Gideon or Liliana at uncommon, but that seems underwhelming for where their characters are.
UR: Saheeli or Dack. Both are plausible appearances on the plane. I could see an argument for Saheeli taking a Temur slot at Rare, but we also have Sarkhan for that.
BG: Could Garruk come back? Otherwise Vraska.
RW: Nahiri, still out for revenge against the Multiverse.
GU: Kiora, another easy one. But I wouldn't be surprised with a GU Rare Nissa.
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I mean Teferi, Karn, Jaya and Bolas are the only confirmed Walkers with Creature cards that aren't flip cards. Samut also has a creature Card. Granted Teferi is monoblue but I don't see the need for him to get another creature. Plus his Walker is rotating in the Fall with Jaya and Karn. Now this would be easier to predict if we know where we go after Ravnica. But I really hope Jaya gets another card since neither her walker or creature is that good.
If War of the Spark is supposed to be a set with a splashy focus on the Planeswalker characters, wouldn't it make sense that we see build-around uncommons in the slot? So ten Planeswalkers represented by their uncommon Legendary Creature cards?
Which ones?
WU: We know Dovin is on Ravnica, but Teferi is going to come with the rest of the Gatewatch to save the day. We'll see both, it's just a question of who is Uncommon and who is Rare. But don't forget Narset (who could also show up as a three color card).
UB: An uncommon Tezzert artifacts matter Legendary Creature could make a lot of sense in a Bolas-centric set ... but if he plays a more relevant role could we see him at Rare, and instead a mill friendly Ashiok join to set up a Return to Theros later in the year?
BR: Tibalt? We know he's been described as Black-Red, we know he's back in the Comics. But is the Uncommon slot going to be for characters that will play a part moving forward, or will we see those planeswalkers at Rare? If not Tibalt, Angrath.
RG: Samut or Sarkhan. Both will show up in the Bolas-centric storyline. Sarkhan may still play a role as a three-color card at the Rare cycle, so why not Samut?
GW: Ajani seems too central to the storyline for just Uncommon, I'm guessing Huatli.
WB: Kaya? Our only other printed option is Sorin, but he's tied up (ish). The other idea is either Gideon or Liliana at uncommon, but that seems underwhelming for where their characters are.
UR: Saheeli or Dack. Both are plausible appearances on the plane. I could see an argument for Saheeli taking a Temur slot at Rare, but we also have Sarkhan for that.
BG: Could Garruk come back? Otherwise Vraska.
RW: Nahiri, still out for revenge against the Multiverse.
GU: Kiora, another easy one. But I wouldn't be surprised with a GU Rare Nissa.
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