edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin

Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin

Battle — Siege // Creature — Angel Knight

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

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 one target creature to its owner's hand.

triggered — bounce

Flying
Vertex Paladin's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.

static — makes your creatures bigger

Causes: a creature leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin enters:

  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 Xerex is one).

When Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  3. Defiler of Dreams — draws you 1 card
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — 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 nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Xerex is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Invasion of Xerex is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

25 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 (Invasion of Xerex is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Invasion of Xerex // Vertex Paladin enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice an Island or permanent

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