Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate

Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate

Legendary Creature — Angel Wizard

Mana cost: {1}{W}{U}

How we read this card

Flying
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, choose target nonland permanent an opponent controls. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated.

triggered — restricts attacking or blocking

triggered — strips abilities

Choose hexproof or indestructible. Creatures you control gain that ability until end of turn.

activated Sacrifice Linvala —

activated Sacrifice Linvala — grants a keyword

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Angel creature in a graveyard — 5 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Bruna, the Fading Light — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Bruna, the Fading Light can bring it back

an Angel is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 6 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Bishop of Wings — makes a token
  2. Rampage of the Valkyries — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature

a Wizard creature dies — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Expedition Diviner — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Expedition Diviner draws you 1 card

an Angel enters the battlefield — 354 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate enters:

  1. Youthful Valkyrie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Seraph Sanctuary — gains you 1 life
  3. Righteous Valkyrie — gains you that creature's toughness life

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

an Angel creature it applies animate to — 357 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Angelic Armaments — Angelic Armaments gives Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate life as a creature

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

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

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

When you sacrifice Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

When you sacrifice Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Thwart the Grave — can bring it back
  3. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  5. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  6. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  7. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it 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 (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  7. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  8. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

455 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 (Linvala is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Linvala is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  4. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

440 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 (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

147 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 (Linvala is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

90 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 (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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