Vodalian Knights

Vodalian Knights

Creature — Merfolk Knight

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

How we read this card

First strike
This creature can't attack unless defending player controls an Island.
When you control no Islands, sacrifice this creature.

triggered —

This creature gains flying until end of turn.

activated {U} — grants a keyword

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Merfolk in a graveyard — 13 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Grim Captain's Call — When Vodalian Knights is in the graveyard, Grim Captain's Call can bring it back

a Knight creature in a graveyard — 15 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights is in the graveyard:

  1. Knights' Charge — can bring it back
  2. Sidar Jabari of Zhalfir — can bring it back

a nontoken Knight is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 16 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Locthwain Lancer — When Vodalian Knights is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Locthwain Lancer makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Knight in a graveyard — 16 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Barrow Witches — When Vodalian Knights is in the graveyard, Barrow Witches can bring it back

a Merfolk deals combat damage — 386 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Seafloor Oracle — When Vodalian Knights deals combat damage, Seafloor Oracle draws you 1 card

a Merfolk enters the battlefield — 397 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights enters:

  1. Forerunner of the Heralds — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Deeproot Elite — puts a counter on a Merfolk
  3. River Sneak — gets +1/+1

a Knight deals combat damage — 547 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Exsanguinator Cavalry — When Vodalian Knights deals combat damage, Exsanguinator Cavalry puts a counter on a permanent

a Knight enters the battlefield — 592 cards in the game can cause this (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights enters:

  1. Brimstone Trebuchet — untaps itself
  2. Zhalfirin Lancer — gets +1/+1

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

When you sacrifice Vodalian Knights:

  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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

When you sacrifice Vodalian Knights:

  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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights is in the graveyard:

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

When Vodalian Knights 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. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights 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. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

456 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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Vodalian Knights 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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

Vodalian Knights fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs

441 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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights 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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Vodalian Knights 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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Vodalian Knights 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 (Vodalian Knights is one).

When Vodalian Knights enters:

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

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