Haliya, Ascendant Cadet
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Whenever Haliya enters or attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever one or more creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them deal combat damage to a player, draw a card.
"By the eternal and everflowing light, I swear myself to this cause."
3 / 3
- Set
- Edge of Eternities (EOE #218)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 5
- Released
- 2025-08-01
- Artist
- Justyna Dura
- EDHREC rank
- #9,380
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil, Foil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Drix Fatemaker
- Biosynthic Burst
- Meltstrider Eulogist
- Terrasymbiosis
- Broodguard Elite
- Honor
- Loading Zone
- Dockworker Drone
- Inspiring Call
- Dawnstrike Vanguard
- Luxknight Breacher
- Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam
- Atmospheric Greenhouse
- Good-Fortune Unicorn
- Rayblade Trooper
- Abzan Falconer
- Duskshell Crawler
- Hardened Scales
- Dual-Sun Technique
- Metastatic Evangel
- Ouroboroid
- Botanical Brawler
- Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
- Sunstar Lightsmith
- Forgotten Ancient
- Cosmogrand Zenith
- Conclave Mentor
- Evolution Witness
- Kami of Whispered Hopes
- Snakeskin Veil
- Scout for Survivors
- Banishing Light
- Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- Requisition Raid
- Weftblade Enhancer
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Tuskguard Captain
- Sunstar Chaplain
- Seedship Agrarian
- The Earth Crystal
- Gyre Sage
- Starport Security
- Seedship Impact
- Incubation Druid
- Dusk Legion Duelist
- Branching Evolution
- Sami's Curiosity
- Evolving Wilds
- Warden of the Grove
- Bioengineered Future
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Plains
- Command Tower
- Sol Ring
- Drix Fatemaker
- Arcane Signet
- Inspiring Call
- Swords to Plowshares
- Biosynthic Burst
- Terrasymbiosis
- Hardened Scales
- Canopy Vista
- Meltstrider Eulogist
- Cultivate
- Abzan Falconer
- Path to Exile
- Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
- Loading Zone
- Sunpetal Grove
- Evolving Wilds
- Broodguard Elite
- Good-Fortune Unicorn
- Honor
- Fortified Village
- Blossoming Sands
- Kami of Whispered Hopes
- Conclave Mentor
- Forgotten Ancient
- Dockworker Drone
- Dawnstrike Vanguard
- Duskshell Crawler
- Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam
- Luxknight Breacher
- Rampant Growth
- Atmospheric Greenhouse
- Hamza, Guardian of Arashin
- Ouroboroid
- Branching Evolution
- Llanowar Elves
- Botanical Brawler
- Snakeskin Veil
- Temple of Plenty
- Metastatic Evangel
- Mikaeus, the Lunarch
- Evolution Witness
- Champion of Lambholt
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Rayblade Trooper
- Requisition Raid
- The Earth Crystal
Format legality
Rulings
- 2025-07-25
A creature that deals combat damage to a player must have a +1/+1 counter on it at the time damage is dealt in order for Haliya, Ascendant Cadet’s last ability to trigger.