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Haliya, Ascendant Cadet
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Haliya, Ascendant Cadet

{2}{G}{W}{W}

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."

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Set
Edge of Eternities (EOE #218)
Rarity
Uncommon
Mana value
5
Released
2025-08-01
Artist
Justyna Dura
EDHREC rank
#9,223
Colour identity
{G}{W}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.13
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander
Draw

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Drix Fatemaker 56 %+54.3 %
  2. Biosynthic Burst 45 %+43.3 %
  3. Meltstrider Eulogist 40 %+39.2 %
  4. Terrasymbiosis 44 %+36.3 %
  5. Honor 35 %+34.1 %
  6. Broodguard Elite 35 %+34.1 %
  7. Loading Zone 36 %+33.1 %
  8. Inspiring Call 48 %+31.4 %
  9. Luxknight Breacher 31 %+30.9 %
  10. Dockworker Drone 31 %+30.8 %
  11. Dawnstrike Vanguard 31 %+30.6 %
  12. Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam 31 %+29.3 %
  13. Atmospheric Greenhouse 29 %+28.4 %
  14. Rayblade Trooper 28 %+27.2 %
  15. Abzan Falconer 39 %+26.9 %
  16. Good-Fortune Unicorn 34 %+26.5 %
  17. Duskshell Crawler 31 %+25.5 %
  18. Hardened Scales 43 %+25.4 %
  19. Dual-Sun Technique 25 %+24.4 %
  20. Metastatic Evangel 28 %+23.9 %
  21. Botanical Brawler 28 %+23.8 %
  22. Ouroboroid 28 %+23.8 %
  23. Sunstar Lightsmith 24 %+23.5 %
  24. Hamza, Guardian of Arashin 29 %+23.4 %
  25. Forgotten Ancient 32 %+22.9 %
  26. Cosmogrand Zenith 25 %+22.7 %
  27. Conclave Mentor 33 %+22.6 %
  28. Evolution Witness 27 %+21.5 %
  29. Snakeskin Veil 29 %+21.2 %
  30. Kami of Whispered Hopes 32 %+20.9 %
  31. Banishing Light 23 %+19.9 %
  32. Mikaeus, the Lunarch 27 %+19.3 %
  33. Requisition Raid 26 %+19.2 %
  34. Scout for Survivors 20 %+19.2 %
  35. Rishkar, Peema Renegade 27 %+19.2 %
  36. Weftblade Enhancer 19 %+18.7 %
  37. Sunstar Chaplain 19 %+18.2 %
  38. Tuskguard Captain 22 %+18.2 %
  39. Evolving Wilds 36 %+17.7 %
  40. Starport Security 18 %+17.7 %
  41. Dusk Legion Duelist 21 %+17.7 %
  42. Seedship Agrarian 18 %+17.6 %
  43. Branching Evolution 28 %+17.4 %
  44. Incubation Druid 22 %+17.3 %
  45. Sami's Curiosity 18 %+17.1 %
  46. Gyre Sage 23 %+17.1 %
  47. The Earth Crystal 25 %+17.0 %
  48. Seedship Impact 17 %+17.0 %
  49. Warden of the Grove 20 %+16.4 %
  50. Damning Verdict 23 %+16.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Forest 99 %+1.2 %
  2. Plains 99 %+1.3 %
  3. Command Tower 67 %-16.2 %
  4. Sol Ring 63 %-12.7 %
  5. Drix Fatemaker 56 %+54.3 %
  6. Arcane Signet 55 %-2.8 %
  7. Inspiring Call 48 %+31.4 %
  8. Swords to Plowshares 47 %-18.0 %
  9. Biosynthic Burst 45 %+43.3 %
  10. Terrasymbiosis 44 %+36.3 %
  11. Hardened Scales 43 %+25.4 %
  12. Canopy Vista 42 %-24.5 %
  13. Meltstrider Eulogist 40 %+39.2 %
  14. Abzan Falconer 39 %+26.9 %
  15. Cultivate 39 %-3.0 %
  16. Path to Exile 38 %-16.5 %
  17. Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar 36 %+4.7 %
  18. Evolving Wilds 36 %+17.7 %
  19. Blossoming Sands 36 %+14.1 %
  20. Loading Zone 36 %+33.1 %
  21. Sunpetal Grove 36 %-21.8 %
  22. Honor 35 %+34.1 %
  23. Broodguard Elite 35 %+34.1 %
  24. Good-Fortune Unicorn 34 %+26.5 %
  25. Fortified Village 34 %-11.1 %
  26. Conclave Mentor 33 %+22.6 %
  27. Kami of Whispered Hopes 32 %+20.9 %
  28. Forgotten Ancient 32 %+22.9 %
  29. Rampant Growth 31 %-0.9 %
  30. Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam 31 %+29.3 %
  31. Luxknight Breacher 31 %+30.9 %
  32. Duskshell Crawler 31 %+25.5 %
  33. Dockworker Drone 31 %+30.8 %
  34. Dawnstrike Vanguard 31 %+30.6 %
  35. Llanowar Elves 29 %-2.2 %
  36. Snakeskin Veil 29 %+21.2 %
  37. Atmospheric Greenhouse 29 %+28.4 %
  38. Hamza, Guardian of Arashin 29 %+23.4 %
  39. Ouroboroid 28 %+23.8 %
  40. Temple of Plenty 28 %-3.1 %
  41. Botanical Brawler 28 %+23.8 %
  42. Branching Evolution 28 %+17.4 %
  43. Metastatic Evangel 28 %+23.9 %
  44. Rayblade Trooper 28 %+27.2 %
  45. Mikaeus, the Lunarch 27 %+19.3 %
  46. Rishkar, Peema Renegade 27 %+19.2 %
  47. Evolution Witness 27 %+21.5 %
  48. Champion of Lambholt 27 %+6.5 %
  49. Requisition Raid 26 %+19.2 %
  50. Exotic Orchard 26 %+4.4 %

Format legality

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Commander Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Not legal
Premodern Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Pauper EDH Not legal
Old School Not legal
Future Legal
Gladiator Legal
All printingsScryfall ↗Edhrec ↗

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.

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