Level

This page is about Planeswalker level. For Player level, see XP.

Overview

Each Planeswalker in a player's collection has a Level, which determines the stats and abilities of the Planeswalker. Newly acquired Planeswalkers begin at level 1, and may be raised to a maximum of level 60. The higher the level, the more powerful the Planeswalker.

Mana bonuses

Mana bonuses are the bonus mana gained when matching gems of a particular color.

Mana bonuses steadily increase from an average of around -1 to 0 (typically -0.3) at level 1, to an average of around +1 to +2 (typically +1.5) at level 60.

Some Planeswalkers have extreme differences between their strongest and weakest mana bonuses, such as Elspeth, Sun's Champion.

Others, such as Kiora, Master of the Depths maintain a more balanced set of mana bonuses.

Deck restrictions

Deck restrictions are the maximum number of Creature (), Spell (), and Support () cards which may be added to a deck of a given Planeswalker.

At level 1, most Planeswalkers have a fixed number of cards of each type. Deck flexibility increases steadily with level, and at level 60, significant scope for changing card types is usually provided, with most planeswalkers allowing at least 5 of any given card type to be included in a deck.

Origins Planeswalkers are notable for having particularly flexible deck restrictions. For example, Liliana, Defiant Necromancer has restrictions of 9, 10, and 8 at level 60.

Health

The higher a Planeswalker's health, the more damage they can take before losing the game.

At level 1, a typical Planeswalker's health is around 30, but can be as low as 15 or as high as 62. At level 60, health is typically 110, but can be as low as 82, or as high as 135.

Unlike mana bonuses and deck restrictions, health typically increases at a faster rate the higher level the planeswalker is, rather than increasing steadily with level.

Abilities

Planeswalkers have three different abilities which may be activated using Loyalty accumulated during the game, to perform special, sometimes game-changing effects.

No abilities are available at level 1, but they become unlocked at an early level. All abilities are available at the maximum ability level (4) at planeswalker level 60. Typically, the highest ability levels only become available in the highest few Planeswalker levels.

Leveling costs

Leveling planeswalkers costs large amounts of Mana Runes. Higher levels cost increasingly more Runes. Leveling costs are also highly dependent on the number of colors the Planeswalker has affinity to.

Level	Rune cost — Cumulative
	Mono color	Dual color	3-color or colorless
1	0	0	0
2	50	150	450
3	140	410	1,200
4	270	770	2,200
5	440	1,220	3,410
6	650	1,760	4,810
7	900	2,380	6,360
8	1,185	3,060	7,990
9	1,505	3,790	9,660
10	1,865	4,580	11,390
11	2,260	5,400	13,110
12	2,690	6,260	14,830
13	3,155	7,190	16,690
14	3,655	8,190	18,690
15	4,190	9,260	20,830
16	4,760	10,400	23,110
17	5,365	11,610	25,530
18	6,005	12,890	28,090
19	6,675	14,230	30,770
20	7,380	15,640	33,590
21	8,120	17,120	36,550
22	8,890	18,660	39,630
23	9,695	20,270	42,850
24	10,535	21,950	46,210
25	11,405	23,690	49,690
26	12,310	25,500	53,310
27	13,245	27,370	57,050
28	14,215	29,310	60,930
29	15,215	31,310	64,930
30	16,250	33,380	69,070
31	17,315	35,510	73,330
32	18,410	37,700	77,710
33	19,540	39,960	82,230
34	20,700	42,280	86,870
35	21,890	44,660	91,630
36	23,115	47,110	96,530
37	24,370	49,620	101,550
38	25,655	52,190	106,690
39	26,975	54,830	111,970
40	28,325	57,530	117,370
41	29,705	60,290	122,890
42	31,115	63,110	128,530
43	32,560	66,000	134,310
44	34,035	68,950	140,210
45	35,540	71,960	146,230
46	37,075	75,030	152,370
47	38,640	78,160	158,630
48	40,235	81,350	165,010
49	41,860	84,600	171,510
50	43,520	87,920	178,150
51	45,360	91,600	185,510
52	47,440	95,760	193,830
53	49,820	100,520	203,350
54	52,560	106,000	214,310
55	55,720	112,320	226,950
56	59,360	119,600	241,510
57	63,540	127,960	258,230
58	68,320	137,520	277,350
59	73,760	148,400	299,110
60	79,920	160,720	323,750

Level	Rune cost — Per level
	Mono color	Dual color	3-color or colorless
1	0	0	0
2	50	150	450
3	90	260	750
4	130	360	1,000
5	170	450	1,210
6	210	540	1,400
7	250	620	1,550
8	285	680	1,630
9	320	730	1,670
10	360	790	1,730
11	395	820	1,720
12	430	860	1,720
13	465	930	1,860
14	500	1,000	2,000
15	535	1,070	2,140
16	570	1,140	2,280
17	605	1,210	2,420
18	640	1,280	2,560
19	670	1,340	2,680
20	705	1,410	2,820
21	740	1,480	2,960
22	770	1,540	3,080
23	805	1,610	3,220
24	840	1,680	3,360
25	870	1,740	3,480
26	905	1,810	3,620
27	935	1,870	3,740
28	970	1,940	3,880
29	1,000	2,000	4,000
30	1,035	2,070	4,140
31	1,065	2,130	4,260
32	1,095	2,190	4,380
33	1,130	2,260	4,520
34	1,160	2,320	4,640
35	1,190	2,380	4,760
36	1,225	2,450	4,900
37	1,255	2,510	5,020
38	1,285	2,570	5,140
39	1,320	2,640	5,280
40	1,350	2,700	5,400
41	1,380	2,760	5,520
42	1,410	2,820	5,640
43	1,445	2,890	5,780
44	1,475	2,950	5,900
45	1,505	3,010	6,020
46	1,535	3,070	6,140
47	1,565	3,130	6,260
48	1,595	3,190	6,380
49	1,625	3,250	6,500
50	1,660	3,320	6,640
51	1,840	3,680	7,360
52	2,080	4,160	8,320
53	2,380	4,760	9,520
54	2,740	5,480	10,960
55	3,160	6,320	12,640
56	3,640	7,280	14,560
57	4,180	8,360	16,720
58	4,780	9,560	19,120
59	5,440	10,880	21,760
60	6,160	12,320	24,640