Just by slipping your card into the sleeve, it is instantly protected
You lose a card from your hand for no impact on the board and dont even get the benefit of an artifact in the graveyard for delirium or similar synergies
It is also the card type with the least amount of design space, so in my role as head designer, one of the things I've championed has been slowing down the evolution of planeswalkers to make sure we're "squeezing all the toothpaste out of the tube." Because of this, the static ability on Garruk Relentless was a bit contentious
Weakness / Resistance / Retreat Cost: P / / 3 Artist: Ken Sugimori Mewtwo, the legendary Psychic powerhouse from the original 1999 Base Set, maintains a strong collector appeal in 2025
It hits a lot of the early interaction and removal spells, but it doesnt hit the haymakers like Teferi, Hero of Dominaria or Jace, the Mind Sculptor, and is often a poor lategame topdeck