Mavinda, Students' Advocate
Legendary Creature — Bird Advisor
Mana cost: {2}{W}
How we read this card
Flying
You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that spell doesn't target a creature you control, it costs {8} more to cast this way. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Activate only once each turn.
activated {0} — brings a card back
- makes cast an instant
- makes cast a sorcery
- makes an instant leaves a graveyard
- makes a sorcery leaves a graveyard
activated {0} —
- makes exile a spell
- makes a spell leaves the battlefield
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: cast an instant, cast a sorcery, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield.
Cares about: an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.
Works well with
an instant in a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Makeshift Mannequin — When Makeshift Mannequin is in the graveyard, Mavinda, Students' Advocate can bring it back
- Supper for Spiders — When Supper for Spiders is in the graveyard, Mavinda, Students' Advocate can bring it back
an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
a Bird attacks — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
When Mavinda, Students' Advocate attacks:
- Hermes, Overseer of Elpis — scries
- Choco, Seeker of Paradise — puts a land onto the battlefield
a Bird creature is cast — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Chocobo Camp — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate is cast, it arrives with counters thanks to Chocobo Camp
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Bird deals combat damage — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Kastral, the Windcrested — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate deals combat damage, Kastral, the Windcrested triggers
a nontoken Bird enters the battlefield — 487 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Knightfisher — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate enters, Knightfisher makes a token
a Bird enters the battlefield — 538 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Salvation Swan — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate enters, Salvation Swan flickers a creature you control
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- The War Doctor — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
When an instant or sorcery leaves a graveyard thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate:
- Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
- Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
- Hologram Stalker — makes a token
- Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
- Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
- Garrison Excavator — makes a token
- Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
- Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
- Teval's Judgment — triggers
13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Mavinda is one).
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana
- Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
- Riku of Two Reflections — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot gets +1/+1
- Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
- Metallurgic Summonings — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Metallurgic Summonings makes a token
- Storm-Kiln Artist — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Storm-Kiln Artist makes a token
- Niblis of Frost — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Niblis of Frost taps a creature an opponent controls
- Mica, Reader of Ruins — When an instant is cast thanks to Mavinda, Students' Advocate, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact
424 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 (Mavinda is one).
- Shaun, Father of Synths — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token
127 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 (Mavinda is one).
- God-Eternal Oketra — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token
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 (Mavinda is one).
- Pollywog Prodigy — When Mavinda, Students' Advocate enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself
324 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.