Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms

Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms

Legendary Creature — God // Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}

How we read this card

Creatures you control that are enchanted or equipped have double strike.

static — makes your creatures bigger

At the beginning of each combat, you may attach target Aura or Equipment attached to a creature you control to target creature you control.

triggered —

Equipped creature gets +2/+0 and has vigilance.

static — gives +2/+0

static — grants a keyword

Whenever equipped creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.

triggered — brings a card back

Equip {1}{W}

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: an Aura becomes attached, an Equipment becomes attached, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: the beginning of combat, a creature dies, a creature in a graveyard, a creature it boosts.

Works well with

a God attacks — 125 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

  1. Kratos, Stoic Father — When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms attacks, Kratos, Stoic Father puts a counter on a permanent

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms enters:

  1. Puresteel Paladin — draws you 1 card
  2. Sokka and Suki — makes a token
  3. Barret, Avalanche Leader — makes a token
  4. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — draws you 1 card
  5. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  6. Hammer of Nazahn — triggers
  7. Sigarda's Aid — triggers

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  2. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  3. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — Dead-Iron Sledge puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  5. Ultima Weapon — Ultima Weapon puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  6. Wayward Angel — Wayward Angel puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  7. Spurnmage Advocate — Spurnmage Advocate puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  8. Kirtar's Wrath — Kirtar's Wrath puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  9. Relic Vial — Relic Vial puts cards into the graveyard that Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring back
  10. Kjeldoran Elite Guard — When Kjeldoran Elite Guard is in the graveyard, Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms can bring it back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Hornet Cannon — When an Insect dies thanks to Hornet Cannon, Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms brings a card back
  2. Amulet of Safekeeping — When a creature dies thanks to Amulet of Safekeeping, Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms brings a card back

2,828 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

82 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Halvar is one).

When Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms attacks:

  1. Fractal Harness — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Paleontologist's Pick-Axe // Dinosaur Headdress — draws you 1 card
  3. Baseball Bat — taps a creature
  4. Thunder Lasso — taps a creature an opponent controls

849 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.