The vampire planeswalker Sorin Markov has returned home. He doesn’t get on so well with the other vampires of Innistrad, for various reasons. Rather than black, this Sorin is black and white, showing his mixed motives for returning. For our purposes what this gives us is one of the most powerful multiplayer planeswalkers available. Read on!
Sorin, Lord of Innistrad costs four mana to cost, of which one must be black and one must be white. He enters the battlefield with three loyalty counter and has three abilities.
The first ability adds a loyalty counter and puts a 1/1 black vampire with lifelink onto the table. Veterans of multiplayer games will know that lifelink if a high relevant ability to have on your creatures if you want to do the distance.
The second ability costs two loyalty counters and gives you an emblem. This emblem grants all of your creatures +1/+0. Emblems last for as long as the game, even if Sorin leaves play. Multiple emblems stack, giving your creatures an even bigger bonus. Combined with the lifelink of the vampires Sorin brings in with his first ability and the combination already offers more than many planeswalkers.
The last ability costs six loyalty counters, and so takes some time to build up to. The ability allows you to destroy up to three target creatures or planeswalkers, and then return those to the battlefield under your control. Great for dealing with large creatures or planeswalkers that represent a threat to your own position.
Verdict: Awesome. Sorin, Lord of Innistrad has the ability to single-handedly dominate the table. He becomes more potent when combined with planeswalkers who also product creature tokens, such as Elspeth, Knight-Errant, or who boost all your creatures like Ajani Goldmane. While restricted to decks that generate black and white mana, he is well suited to those colours. Spells such as Lingering Souls become far better with Sorin around to boost the power of your creatures. Sorin can boost already powerful decks, or else build a deck around him for some serious power at the multiplayer table.
Connections: Like Sorin, Lord of Innistrad? You may also like [Elspeth, Knight-Errant] [Garruk, Primal Hunter] [Domri Rade]
Don’t like Sorin, Lord of Innistrad? You may prefer [Sorin Markov] [Jace, the Mindsculptor] [Sarkhan the Mad]
