Kaya's Guile

Kaya's Guile

Instant

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

How we read this card

Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

on-cast —

Exile all opponents' graveyards.

on-cast — hits a graveyard

Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.

on-cast — makes a token

You gain 4 life.

on-cast — gains you 4 life

Entwine {3}

Causes: you face a dilemma, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, create a Spirit creature token, put a Spirit creature token onto the battlefield, gain life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

When Kaya's Guile poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Kaya's Guile:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Kaya's Guile, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Kaya's Guile:

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

23 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's Guile is one).

When Kaya's Guile 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's Guile is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Kaya's Guile, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

Kaya's Guile puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Kaya's Guile:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Kaya's Guile:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Kaya's Guile is one).

When Kaya's Guile is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  3. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back

434 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's Guile is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Spirit enters thanks to Kaya's Guile, Liliana the Repentant mills a card

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