The Aetherspark can turn anything into a Planeswalker, and these are the best commanders for it.
What are the best Commanders for The Aetherspark? Aetherdrift brings a fair few interesting cards, but the standout in terms of sheer novelty is definitely The Aetherspark. That’s because this is the first-ever equipment Planeswalker card we’ve ever had, which means any creature in Magic can now become a Planeswalker.
This is a pretty fascinating situation to be in, so we thought we’d narrow down a few of the best options for this powerful new card for you. Make no mistake, we’re pretty sure nearly every deck would be happy to have The Aetherspark in it somewhere because what it does is nearly universally good.
Best Commanders for The Aetherspark
The Aetherspark
Aetherdrift, Mythic
The Aetherspark is a four-mana equipment Planeswalker that enters with four loyalty counters. You can then add a loyalty counter to attach it to a creature you control and add a +1/+1 on it, too. You can take five loyalty counters off to draw two cards, or take ten off to gain ten mana of one color. Each of these abilities is quite good, but these are the Commanders we think work best with it.
#7 Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale
Throne of Eldraine, Mythic
Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale is a six-mana red, white, and black 5/5 with vigilance and menace. It allows you to draw a card whenever an equipped creature you control attacks, but it also makes it free to attach any equipment to any Knight creatures you control. This means you can actually attach The Aetherspark to a creature without activating the +1 loyalty ability, and you’ll be rewarded for being aggressive too.
#6 Carth the Lion
Carth the Lion
Modern Horizons 2, Rare
Carth the Lion is a four-mana 3/5 that basically gives your Planeswalker an extra loyalty counter when they use an ability. Along with that, when it enters (or a Planeswalker dies), you can grab a Planeswalker from the top seven cards in your library. It’s a nice mix of abilities that’ll have you running an army of Planeswalkers, especially if you play Super Friends (a Planeswalker-focused strategy) in Commander.
#5 Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice
Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice
Double Masters, Mythic
Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice is a four-mana green, white, blue, and black 4/4 with flying, vigilance, deathtouch, and lifelink. In your end step, Atraxa lets you Proliferate, so you can add another +1/+1 counter to it and another loyalty counter to The Aetherspark. It’s a solid but somewhat uninspiring option for a Commander.
#4 Shalai and Hallar
Shalai and Hallar
Commander: March of the Machine, Mythic
Shalai and Hallar is a four-mana red, green, and white 3/3 with flying and vigilance. Whenever you put one or more +1/+1 counters on any creature you control, you get to deal that much damage to an opponent. This lets you effectively whittle down your foes by just adding counters to creatures, and every loyalty option on The Aetherspark will feel great here.
#3 Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief
Aetherdrift, Rare
Redshift, Rocketeer Chief is a two-mana red and green 2/3 vigilance that you can tap to help generate mana for activated abilities. You get more mana the higher Redshift’s power is, so the +1/+1 counters from The Aetherspark help here. On top of that, the Exhaust ability costs twelve and lets you put any number of permanent cards from your hand into play. This means that ten mana will be huge, and you can keep getting more and more mana with Redshift, too.
#2 Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain
Modern Horizons 3, Mythic
Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain is a five-mana white, blue, and black 4/4 with flying, lifelink, and Ward – discard a card. That’s already a lot, but it also reads, “Whenever a modified creature you control attacks, double the number of each kind of counter on it. Then, for each nontoken permanent attached to it, create a token that’s a copy of that permanent attached to that creature.” As long as you can find a way to break the legendary rule, you can have more than one copy of a legendary in play, like with Mirror Gallery, and you can suddenly have an army of Aetherspark-infused creatures at your command.
#1 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Kaldheim, Mythic
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider is a six-mana green 6/6 with trample and haste. In short, it doubles the counters you put on permanents and players and halves the ones your opponents would put on them. So, you’ll get two +1/+1 counters and two loyalty counters for using that ability on The Aetherspark, and that’s to say nothing of how much loyalty you’ll generate when you deal combat damage to another player. It’s also a mono-colored card, which means you can get a lot of use out of ten mana of a single color, too.