The Wanderer

## Summary

The Wanderer is a human planeswalker originally from the plane of Kamigawa. She was first introduced in War of the Spark, but returned in Rain of the Kami.

She was most recently represented in the card The Wandering Avenger, which also served as the head of the The Wanderer side of Duel Decks: Tamiyo vs The Wanderer.

## Lore

During the phyrexian invasion of Kamigawa, The Wanderer would be forced to strike down her friend in Tamiyo, though this weighed heavily on her. While she would honor her friend's spirit, donning civilian's clothes to take forth her memory and take care of her son Nashi alongside Genku, the Kami of the plane were enraged by this display of honor for the one who had killed all six of the spirit dragons of the plane, and considered their treaty forfeit, which led to the Reign of the Kami.

While originally wanting to live a simple life for a time, at peace with the presence of the Reality Chip keeping her spark in check on the plane, spending time with her friend Kaito and healing from her guilt, it was not to be as the rainwater began to flood Towashi. She would appear in the chambers of her former mentor and regent Light-Paws, convincing her that collaboration with the Uprisers and Futurists was the only thing that would keep the people of the plane alive, and asking her to reconsider, and to move up to the city of Otawara despite her reservations. At this time, she would also be reunited with her hound Yoshimaru.

While still trying to keep a low profile, The Wanderer aided the evacuation effort towards Otawara, and carried the urn of Tamiyo into the city in the clouds. Once situated, she would join Genku and Nashi as they spread Tamiyo's ashes into the clouds under the moonlight. While a feeling of peace should have overcome her, that night she would have terrible nightmares of the compleated Tamiyo, of her battles with Tezzeret, and visions of her own compleation.

The next night, still having trouble sleeping from her nightmares, The Wanderer would go back out to the edge where Tamiyo's ashes had been spread to the wind, trying to find peace under a full moon. However, to her great shock, she would be approached from behind by the last person she would expect to see, save perhaps Tezzeret himself; A resurrected Tamiyo.

Tamiyo knocked Wanderer into the ocean after a moonlit duel.

The kami were also threatened by Tezzeret, who had healed and came for the chip that Tamiyo ripped from the wanderer. When she returned to defeat him and save Tamiyo, trust was restored once again.

## Competitive Success

The Wandering Avenger would become a staple in, and arguably the rebirth of, white midrange decks. The flexibility of being a fast, powerful creature that could take out other early-game planeswalkers, then a set of abilities that allowed her to control the flow of combat and remove any problematic pieces from an opponent's board gave her the perfect mix of power and control, and often became the turning point in the tempo of a game, where the midrange deck quit playing control and starting going in for the kill, and it became almost impossible not to pull off a turn 6 win with her if she went unchecked.

Additionally, being the featured card of her own duel deck, The Wandering Avenger also got specific support in the form of Yoshimaru's Howl, a tutor card to find her specifically, and Yoshimaru's Stand, which could add loyalty counters to her and save her from the brink of death.