Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge

Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge

Battle — Siege // Enchantment

Mana cost: {3}{G}{G}

How we read this card

(As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.)
When this Siege enters, return up to three target permanent cards from your graveyard to your hand.

triggered — brings a card back

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

triggered —

Causes: a permanent leaves a graveyard, put a permanent onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an upkeep, a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

a battle enters the battlefield — 81 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Shandalar is one).

When a permanent enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge:

  1. Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Shandalar is one).

When Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Defiler of Vigor — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  4. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  5. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  6. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  7. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  8. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  9. Tellah, Great Sage — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a permanent enters the battlefield — 152 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Shandalar is one).

When a permanent enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge:

  1. Dawn-Blessed Pennant — gains you 1 life
  2. Altar of the Brood — mills a card
  3. Amareth, the Lustrous — searches a library
  4. Rimefire Torque — puts a charge counter on itself
  5. Eye of Singularity — kills a permanent

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

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  2. Lich — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  3. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  4. Worldslayer — Worldslayer puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  5. Aether Barrier — Aether Barrier puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  6. Spirit-Sister's Call — Spirit-Sister's Call puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  7. Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh — Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  8. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  9. Rakdos Riteknife — When Rakdos Riteknife is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  10. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  11. Ugin's Construct — Ugin's Construct puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  12. Wirefly Hive — Wirefly Hive puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  13. Green Slime — Green Slime puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back
  14. Giant's Boulder — When Giant's Boulder is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  15. Eye of Doom — When Eye of Doom is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  16. Unstable Obelisk — When Unstable Obelisk is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  17. Apocalypse Chime — When Apocalypse Chime is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  18. Goblin Firebomb — When Goblin Firebomb is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  19. Universal Solvent — When Universal Solvent is in the graveyard, Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring it back
  20. Claws of Gix — Claws of Gix puts cards into the graveyard that Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge can bring back

181 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 (Invasion of Shandalar is one).

When Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge 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.

anything that is not a token enters the battlefield — 25,747 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Shandalar is one).

  1. Canoptek Spyder — When a permanent enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge, Canoptek Spyder draws you 1 card

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Shandalar is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a permanent enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. HYDRA Assault Robot — When a permanent enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge, HYDRA Assault Robot deals 1 damage
  3. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — When Sokka, Bold Boomeranger enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge, it draws and discards
  4. Era of Innovation — When a permanent enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge, Era of Innovation puts a counter on a permanent you control
  5. Hei Bai, Forest Guardian — When Hei Bai, Forest Guardian enters thanks to Invasion of Shandalar // Leyline Surge, it puts a Shrine onto the battlefield

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