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 we read on this card

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 Linvala's colors 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 — 5 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Bishop of Wings — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Bishop of Wings makes a token

a Wizard creature dies — 30 cards in Linvala's colors 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 — 253 cards in Linvala's colors 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 — 255 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this.

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

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

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 707 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

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

a creature in a graveyard — 699 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

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

  1. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  2. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  3. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back
  4. The Deck of Many Things — can bring it back
  5. Pulsemage Advocate — can bring it back
  6. Lazotep Quarry — can bring it back
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Serra Paragon — can bring it back
  9. Cleric Class — can bring it back
  10. Revivify — gets bigger

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

a nontoken creature dies — 699 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate dies:

  1. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  2. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  3. Lightning Coils — puts a charge counter on itself
  4. Field of Souls — makes a token
  5. Remembrance — searches a library
  6. Merchant of Truth — triggers
  7. Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage — triggers
  8. Mimic Vat — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 712 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate dies:

  1. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  2. Rinoa, Angel Wing — brings a card back
  3. Adarkar Valkyrie — brings a card back
  4. Luminous Broodmoth — brings a card back
  5. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — brings a card back
  6. Resurrection Orb — brings a card back
  7. Enduring Renewal — brings a card back
  8. Graceful Reprieve — brings a card back
  9. Abduction — brings a card back
  10. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 781 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate hits the graveyard:

  1. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  2. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,662 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate leaves the battlefield:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Ninth Bridge Patrol — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Flaming Fist Officer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  5. Sally Sparrow — triggers

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,488 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Reborn Hero — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Reborn Hero needs
  2. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring it back
  3. Transplant Theorist — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  4. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  5. Wayward Angel — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  6. Enlightened Confidant — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Enlightened Confidant can bring it back
  7. Mindwhisker — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Mindwhisker needs
  8. Barkform Harvester — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Barkform Harvester can bring it back
  9. Cybernetic Specialist — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is in the graveyard, Cybernetic Specialist can bring it back
  10. Kirtar's Wrath — Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Kirtar's Wrath needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 2,488 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate hits the graveyard:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

a creature attacks — 6,349 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

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

anything attacks — 6,349 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Guide of Souls — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate attacks, Guide of Souls triggers

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

a creature is cast — 6,370 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,093 cards in Linvala's colors 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. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself

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

anything enters the battlefield — 10,721 cards in Linvala's colors can cause this (Linvala is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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