Ral, Crackling Wit

Ral, Crackling Wit is a red and blue Otter Planeswalker (transformed from a human) of Ravnica's Izzet Guild, released in September 2024 along with release 6.8.0 and the Bloomburrow card set.

He has a little higher than average health and deck limits with one extra spell. He has good mana gains in his colors and neutral in others.

Ral's abilities destroy gems, damage the opponent and creatures (without targeting them, bypassing Hexproof), draw cards, Copy spells, gain mana, including full mana. His second ability is cheap and strong, doing seven damage per turn (and seven more per turn, each time the Otter stack is reinforced) simply for casting a single spell (and taking up a creature lane).

Ral, Crackling Wit is the third of a small number of playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Ral Zarek at different points in his life.

Stats

Mana Bonuses: White () Blue (+4) Black () Red (+4) Green ()

Total Leveling Cost: 160720

Deck Limits at Level 60: 06 Creatures, 07 Spells, 06 Supports

HP 113

Abilities

Prestidigitation Paws

Cost 07. Destroy a block of 3x3 gems. Pick 2 of the first 4 Spell cards from your library. Create a Copy  of those cards in your hand.

Order of the Otters

Cost 08. Create 7 Izzet Otter Tokens [Blue and Red Creature token, Otter, 0/1, with "Prowess : Deal X damage to the first opposing creature and to your opponent's Planeswalker. X is the number of Otter creatures you control, including their reinforcements. This ability triggers only once during each turn."]. Then: The first Spell card in your hand gains 6 mana.

Unleash the Storm

Cost 14. Create 4 Storm Otter Tokens [Blue and Red Support token, Otter, 3 shields, with "Prowess : Create a Copy  of the first spell card from your library, in your hand. Then : Copy cards in your hand gain full mana. This ability triggers only once during each turn. At the beginning of your turn : If you control another Otter - deal X damage to your opponent's Planeswalker. X is this support's shield."].

Story

"Ral, the Crackling Wit, is a Human Planeswalker turned into an Otter. After the events that followed the murders of Zegana and Teysa, Ral was contacted by Niv-Mizzet to assist in his Onmenpath Project. The search led him to Bloomburrow, where he helps fight the Calamity Beasts."

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Starting Deck

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