Kaito Shizuki

The phasing clause reads backwards until its purpose clicks. A three-loyalty walker that draws every turn ought to die immediately to a swing from the board, yet Kaito phases out when he arrives, ducking that first retaliatory attack entirely and returning untouched at your next untap step. His design ties survival to tempo: the +1 costs you a card unless you attacked, so the loyalty engine and the aggression are the same lever, and the -2 hands you an unblockable body that both applies pressure and satisfies the attack condition on the following turn. That interlock is unusual for a planeswalker, most of which sit passively and grind out value; Kaito wants the board tilted toward you and pays you back by refunding the discard and feeding his ultimate. The -7 emblem tutors a blue or black creature onto the battlefield for free every time one of your creatures connects, which is why the ninja token matters beyond chip damage: an unblockable body is a guaranteed trigger every combat. The self-referential loop across his loyalty abilities is what makes him hum. Every line pushes the same plan, so there is no wasted activation and no tension between protecting the walker and using it. He is a planeswalker built to behave like a ninja: arriving unseen, striking, and vanishing before the counterattack lands.