Kaya, Orzhov Usurper

Kaya, Orzhov Usurper

Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya

Mana cost: {1}{W}{B}

How we read this card

Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. You gain 2 life if at least one creature card was exiled this way.

activated +1 — hits a graveyard

activated +1 — gains you 2 life

Exile target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

activated −1 —

Kaya deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards that player owns in exile and you gain that much life.

activated −5 — deals damage

activated −5 — gains you life

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, gain life, exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile a planeswalker, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a battle leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Kaya, Orzhov Usurper, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about 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, Orzhov Usurper 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).

When Kaya, Orzhov Usurper 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

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

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

When a creature is exiled thanks to Kaya, Orzhov Usurper:

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

5 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, Orzhov Usurper gains life:

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

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 permanent is exiled thanks to Kaya, Orzhov Usurper, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

When Kaya, Orzhov Usurper deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

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

When Kaya, Orzhov Usurper makes a player lose life:

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

46 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 (Kaya is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Kaya, Orzhov Usurper, 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 (Kaya is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Kaya, Orzhov Usurper:

  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 is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya is one).

When a player is dealt damage thanks to Kaya, Orzhov Usurper:

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. War Elemental — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Darien, King of Kjeldor — makes that many tokens
  4. Blood Hound — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Chandra's Spitfire — gets +3/+0
  6. Wildfire Elemental — gives +1/+0
  7. Swarmborn Giant — sacrifices itself
  8. Risona, Asari Commander — triggers
  9. Azor's Elocutors — triggers

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