Retreat to Valakut

Retreat to Valakut

Enchantment

Mana cost: {2}{R}

How we read this card

Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —

triggered —

Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.

triggered — gives +2/+0

Target creature can't block this turn.

triggered — restricts attacking or blocking

Causes: you face a dilemma.

Cares about: a land enters the battlefield.

Works well with

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Retreat to Valakut is one).

When Retreat to Valakut 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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Retreat to Valakut is one).

When Retreat to Valakut is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Retreat to Valakut is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Retreat to Valakut enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Retreat to Valakut is one).

When Retreat to Valakut enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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