Dovin is easily my favorite Azorius Planeswalker but boy is he not much to look at. Venser the Sojourner and Narset Transcendent are both much more powerful but infinitely more narrow. Dovin is almost a perfect example of a controlling Planeswalker. +1 to shrink a guy mostly hoping to get back to your turn with a reasonable amount of loyalty, then he spends every turn trading off activating his +1 and -1 abilities giving you a life cushion while drawing you extra cards. He’s nothing to fancy, but exactly what I want in pretty much every control deck. That being said, he’s not in my cube at the moment. He’s probably my 5th favorite Azorius card behind Sphinx’s Revelation, Dragonlord Ojutai, Supreme Verdict and Geist of Saint Traft. I still play Reflector Mage over him because blue/white already have a great selection of Planeswalkers and don’t need more friends to fuel the Superfriends fire. I’m sure I’ll find a reason to add him somewhere down the road.

9. Angel of Invention

New age Cloudgoat Ranger and a better version of Geist-Honored Monk, I’m a huge fan of both those cards and was excited for Angel of Invention. Either modes is good and fits well into most white strategies. It’s something I enjoy running but not something I’m sure I’ll want forever (especially with the rising competition in white 5 drops). Her effect is pretty powerful but either beefed up or not its unfortunately easy to remove from the board. If you support tokens at all, she seems like an easy include and something I’d consider it if you playa card like Dictate of Heliod.

8. Nissa, Vital Force

With the exception of Nissa Revane, every Nissa has been cube playable, since she gave up on her wiener elves and Vital Force is no exception. Originally thought to just race to her ultimate, her other 2 abilities ended being better then expected. Nissa plays very differently depending on the game state. Threatening to ultimate next turn if you need the cards, making 5/5’s to go on the aggressive, or buying back big threats during the late game are all viable options depending on the match-up. It almost feels as though she is multiple planeswalkers in one. Honestly my biggest problem with the card is that she fits into the 5 colour planeswalker deck too easily and I try to lean towards playing Planeswalkers that fit niche roles when I can, in an attempt to nix this deck. I also try to limit myself to 2 Planeswalkers per colour so even with all the good I have to say about her, Nissa, Voice of Zendikar and Garruk Wildspeaker take her place for now.

7. Scrapheap Scrounger