Killian, Decisive Mentor

Killian, Decisive Mentor

Legendary Creature — Human Warlock

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

How we read this card

Whenever an enchantment you control enters, tap up to one target creature and goad it.

triggered —

triggered —

Whenever one or more creatures that are enchanted by an Aura you control attack, draw a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: tap a creature, goad a creature, draw a card.

Cares about: an enchantment enters the battlefield, a creature attacks.

Works well with

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Killian is one).

When Killian, Decisive Mentor becomes tapped:

  1. Unctus, Grand Metatect — draws you 1 card
  2. Sharae of Numbing Depths — draws you 1 card
  3. Rewrite History — draws you 1 card
  4. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  5. Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Icewrought Sentry — gets +2/+1
  7. Hawkeye's Bow — deals 1 damage
  8. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — triggers

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

put an enchantment onto the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Search for Dagger — When Search for Dagger enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Daxos, Blessed by the Sun enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  3. Enduring Innocence — When Enduring Innocence enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  4. Nurturing Presence — When Nurturing Presence enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  5. Political Triumph — When Political Triumph enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  6. Case of the Uneaten Feast — When Case of the Uneaten Feast enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  7. Tinybones Joins Up — When Tinybones Joins Up enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  8. Airbender Ascension — When Airbender Ascension enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  9. Trespasser's Curse — When Trespasser's Curse enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  10. Noble Heritage — When Noble Heritage enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature

3,733 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Killian, Decisive Mentor makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  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
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (Killian is one).

When Killian, Decisive Mentor enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  8. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  9. Théoden, King of Rohan — grants double strike
  10. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Killian is one).

When Killian, Decisive Mentor attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  8. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ — sacrifices an Aura

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Killian is one).

When Killian, Decisive Mentor attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Killian is one).

When Killian, Decisive Mentor blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Bontu's Monument — Bontu's Monument reduces what Killian, Decisive Mentor costs
  2. Heartless Summoning — Heartless Summoning reduces what Killian, Decisive Mentor costs
  3. Herald's Horn — Herald's Horn reduces what Killian, Decisive Mentor costs
  4. Planar Gate — Planar Gate reduces what Killian, Decisive Mentor costs
  5. Urza's Incubator — Urza's Incubator reduces what Killian, Decisive Mentor costs

19,387 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it boosts — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Vanquisher's Banner — Vanquisher's Banner gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  2. Ethereal Absolution — Ethereal Absolution gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  3. Deathbringer Liege — Deathbringer Liege gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  4. Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite — Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  5. Spear of Heliod — Spear of Heliod gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  6. Vibrating Sphere — Vibrating Sphere gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  7. An Unexpected Party // At the Door — An Unexpected Party // At the Door gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  8. Invasion of Belenon // Belenon War Anthem — Invasion of Belenon // Belenon War Anthem gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  9. Paragon of Open Graves — Paragon of Open Graves gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats
  10. Paragon of New Dawns — Paragon of New Dawns gives Killian, Decisive Mentor bigger stats

19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants abilities to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Resplendent Mentor — Resplendent Mentor gives Killian, Decisive Mentor an extra ability
  2. Corrosive Mentor — Corrosive Mentor gives Killian, Decisive Mentor wither
  3. Skyhunter Strike Force — Skyhunter Strike Force gives Killian, Decisive Mentor melee
  4. Sublime Archangel — Sublime Archangel gives Killian, Decisive Mentor exalted
  5. Gate Hound — Gate Hound gives Killian, Decisive Mentor vigilance
  6. Filth — Filth gives Killian, Decisive Mentor swampwalk
  7. Valor — Valor gives Killian, Decisive Mentor first strike
  8. The Seriema — The Seriema gives Killian, Decisive Mentor indestructible
  9. Echo Circlet — Echo Circlet gives Killian, Decisive Mentor an extra ability
  10. Vanguard's Shield — Vanguard's Shield gives Killian, Decisive Mentor an extra ability

19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies speed increase to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thousand-Year Elixir — Thousand-Year Elixir gives Killian, Decisive Mentor haste
  2. Akroma's Memorial — Akroma's Memorial gives Killian, Decisive Mentor haste

19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it applies extra combat to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Swinging Ship — Swinging Ship gives Killian, Decisive Mentor its extra combat

19,391 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants types to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Amorphous Axe — Amorphous Axe gives Killian, Decisive Mentor an extra creature type
  2. Runed Stalactite — Runed Stalactite gives Killian, Decisive Mentor an extra creature type

19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Killian is one).

When Killian, Decisive Mentor enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

303 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 (Killian is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Killian, Decisive Mentor enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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