Humpback Whales

Humpback Whales

Creature — Whale

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Vigilance, ward {2}
Basic landcycling {2}

activated — searches a library

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Humpback Whales onto the battlefield from your library

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

a creature is discarded — 206 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

When Humpback Whales makes a player discard a card:

  1. Wharf Infiltrator — makes a token
  2. Bone Miser — makes a token
  3. Hashaton, Scarab's Fist — makes a token
  4. Surly Badgersaur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer — brings a card back
  6. Conspiracy Theorist — brings a card back
  7. Veronica, Dissident Scribe — makes a token
  8. Green Goblin, Nemesis — puts a counter on a Goblin

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

When Humpback Whales makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

When Humpback Whales hits the graveyard:

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Voracious Brood — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  4. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  5. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers
  6. Sefris of the Hidden Ways — triggers

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring it back
  2. Transplant Theorist — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  4. Wayward Angel — Humpback Whales fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Rescue from the Underworld — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Rescue from the Underworld can bring it back
  6. Victimize — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Victimize can bring it back
  7. Bound // Determined — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Bound // Determined can bring it back
  8. Enlightened Confidant — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Enlightened Confidant can bring it back
  9. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring it back
  10. Aerith, Last Ancient — When Humpback Whales is in the graveyard, Aerith, Last Ancient can bring it back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

When Humpback Whales hits the graveyard:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

When Humpback Whales attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers

124 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 (Humpback Whales is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Humpback Whales attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

  1. Bloodbond March — When Humpback Whales is cast, Bloodbond March brings a card back

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — When Humpback Whales enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

When Humpback Whales enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Humpback Whales is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Humpback Whales enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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