Commando Raid
Instant
Mana cost: {2}{R}
How we read this card
Until end of turn, target creature you control gains that ability
on-cast — grants a keyword
When this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal damage equal to its power to target creature that player controls.
triggered — deals its power damage
Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage.
Cares about: a creature deals combat damage.
Works well with
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Commando Raid is one).
When Commando Raid deals noncombat damage:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library
36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an instant it makes cheaper to cast — 3,773 cards in the game can cause this.
- Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Commando Raid costs
3,772 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Commando Raid is one).
When Commando Raid is cast:
- Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
- Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
- Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
- Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
- Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Artist's Talent — draws and discards
- In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Commando Raid is one).
When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Commando Raid:
- Soul Link — gains you that much life
- Shriveling Rot — kills it
- Cryoshatter — kills a creature
- Hot Soup — kills a creature
- Cracked Skull — kills a creature
- Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
- Frozen Solid — kills a creature
- Mortal Wound — kills a creature
- Mire Blight — kills it
- Death Pits of Rath — kills it
17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Commando Raid is one).
When Commando Raid is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.