Kaya, Ghost Assassin

Kaya, Ghost Assassin

Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya

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

How we read this card

Exile Kaya or up to one target creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of your next upkeep. You lose 2 life.

activated 0 —

activated 0 — blinks a permanent

activated 0 —

Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

activated −1 — makes each opponent lose 2 life

activated −1 — gains you 2 life

activated −1 — drains each opponent

Each opponent discards a card and you draw a card.

activated −2 —

activated −2 — draws you 1 card

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, make a player lose life, gain life, discard a card, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Kaya, Ghost Assassin an extra ability
  2. Way of the Healer — Way of the Healer gives Kaya, Ghost Assassin an extra ability
  3. Deification — Deification gives Kaya, Ghost Assassin hexproof

309 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

When Kaya, Ghost Assassin is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  4. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a creature enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a creature enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Kaya, Ghost Assassin enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a creature enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a creature enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

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

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

When Kaya, Ghost Assassin gains life:

  1. Titanbones, Towering Heart — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  4. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  6. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  8. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  10. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Aether Syphon raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Vnwxt, Verbose Host raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Embalmed Ascendant raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Slick Imitator raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Nesting Bot raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, Howlsquad Heavy raises your speed
  10. Oath of Lim-Dûl — When Kaya, Ghost Assassin makes a player lose life, Oath of Lim-Dûl sacrifices an enchantment

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

When Kaya, Ghost Assassin makes a player draw a card:

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself

60 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 (Kaya is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Kaya, Ghost Assassin puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

443 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 (Kaya is one).

  1. All-Seeing Arbiter — When All-Seeing Arbiter enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, it draws you 2 cards

355 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 (Kaya is one).

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — When Ivora, Insatiable Heir enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, it makes a token
  2. Borborygmos and Fblthp — When Borborygmos and Fblthp enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, it draws you 1 card
  3. Toluz, Clever Conductor — When Toluz, Clever Conductor enters thanks to Kaya, Ghost Assassin, it draws and discards

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