Drana and Linvala
Legendary Creature — Vampire Angel
Flying, vigilance
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Drana and Linvala has all activated abilities of all creatures your opponents control. You may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to activate those abilities.
3 / 4
- Set
- March of the Machine (MOM #222)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Artist
- Raluca Marinescu
- EDHREC rank
- #1,947
- 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 6
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Authority of the Consuls
- Grand Abolisher
- Blind Obedience
- Hushbringer
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Ghostly Prison
- Aven Mindcensor
- Deafening Silence
- Kambal, Consul of Allocation
- Drannith Magistrate
- Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- Drana's Emissary
- Archon of Emeria
- Windborn Muse
- Linvala, Keeper of Silence
- Containment Priest
- Lyra Dawnbringer
- Sanguine Bond
- Exquisite Blood
- Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
- Marauding Blight-Priest
- Spirit of the Labyrinth
- Aura of Silence
- Drana, Liberator of Malakir
- Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
- Painful Quandary
- Opposition Agent
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Angel of Vitality
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- Exemplar of Light
- Farewell
- Bloodthirsty Conqueror
- Righteous Valkyrie
- Smothering Tithe
- Silence
- Vindicate
- Scoured Barrens
- Norn's Annex
- Dazzling Angel
- Demonic Tutor
- Dauthi Voidwalker
- God-Pharaoh's Statue
- Rule of Law
- Mortify
- Fracture
- Soulless Jailer
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Plains
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Command Tower
- Arcane Signet
- Swords to Plowshares
- Isolated Chapel
- Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
- Path to Exile
- Authority of the Consuls
- Godless Shrine
- Blind Obedience
- Ghostly Prison
- Orzhov Signet
- Bojuka Bog
- Caves of Koilos
- Tainted Field
- Sanguine Bond
- Shattered Sanctum
- Kambal, Consul of Allocation
- Grand Abolisher
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Damn
- Dark Ritual
- Temple of Silence
- Vault of the Archangel
- Scoured Barrens
- Vault of Champions
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Smothering Tithe
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Anguished Unmaking
- Orzhov Basilica
- Mortify
- Exquisite Blood
- Fracture
- Phyrexian Arena
- Marauding Blight-Priest
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Blood Artist
- Despark
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Fetid Heath
- Aven Mindcensor
- Demonic Tutor
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Hushbringer
- Shineshadow Snarl
- Esper Sentinel
- Windborn Muse
Format legality
Rulings
- 2023-04-14
Drana and Linvala gains only activated abilities. It doesn’t gain triggered abilities or static abilities. Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder texts.
- 2023-04-14
If an activated ability references the creature that has it by name, treat Drana and Linvala’s version of that ability as though it referenced Drana and Linvala by name instead. For example, if an opponent controls Onakke Javelineer, Drana and Linvala has the ability “
: Drana and Linvala deals 2 damage to target player or battle.” - 2023-04-14
If multiple players control a Drana and Linvala, exactly what abilities each of them has can get complex, based on what order they entered the battlefield. However, as none of those abilities can be activated, we won’t waste a lot of your time getting into it.
- 2023-04-14
Once an ability has been activated, it doesn’t matter if Drana and Linvala loses that ability because the opposing creature with that ability leaves the battlefield (or, more optimistically, you gain control of it).