Scars of the Veteran
Instant
Mana cost: {4}{W}
How we read this card
You may exile a white card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
on-cast —
- makes exile a card
Prevent the next 7 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn. If it's a creature, put a +0/+1 counter on it for each 1 damage prevented this way at the beginning of the next end step.
on-cast —
- makes damage is prevented
on-cast — puts counters on it
Causes: exile a card, damage is prevented, put a counter on anything.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
damage is prevented — 568 cards in the game can cause this (Scars of the Veteran is one).
When Scars of the Veteran has damage prevented:
- Phyrexian Vindicator — deals that much damage
- Selfless Squire — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
- New Way Forward — deals that much damage
- Samite Ministration — gains you that much life
- Judgment of Alexander — deals its power damage
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Scars of the Veteran is one).
- The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Scars of the Veteran, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Scars of the Veteran is one).
When Scars of the Veteran is cast:
- Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
- Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
- Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
- Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
- Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
- Harness the Storm — brings a card back
- In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
- Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls
427 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Scars of the Veteran is one).
- All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Scars of the Veteran, All Will Be One deals that much damage
7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Scars of the Veteran is one).
When Scars of the Veteran is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.