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
- #1,910
- 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
- Hushbringer
- Grand Abolisher
- Blind Obedience
- Ghostly Prison
- Aven Mindcensor
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Deafening Silence
- Kambal, Consul of Allocation
- Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
- Windborn Muse
- Archon of Emeria
- Containment Priest
- Drannith Magistrate
- Drana's Emissary
- Linvala, Keeper of Silence
- Sanguine Bond
- Lyra Dawnbringer
- Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
- Spirit of the Labyrinth
- Exquisite Blood
- Opposition Agent
- Painful Quandary
- Aura of Silence
- Drana, Liberator of Malakir
- Liesa, Shroud of Dusk
- Marauding Blight-Priest
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Farewell
- Angel of Vitality
- Bloodthirsty Conqueror
- Exemplar of Light
- Smothering Tithe
- Silence
- Norn's Annex
- Fracture
- Vindicate
- Righteous Valkyrie
- Rule of Law
- Dazzling Angel
- Demonic Tutor
- Soulless Jailer
- God-Pharaoh's Statue
- Dauthi Voidwalker
- Scoured Barrens
- Mortify
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
- Orzhov Signet
- Ghostly Prison
- Bojuka Bog
- Tainted Field
- Caves of Koilos
- Sanguine Bond
- Kambal, Consul of Allocation
- Shattered Sanctum
- Grand Abolisher
- Damn
- Temple of Silence
- Dark Ritual
- Vault of Champions
- Vault of the Archangel
- Scoured Barrens
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Smothering Tithe
- Thalia, Heretic Cathar
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Fracture
- Orzhov Basilica
- Mortify
- Anguished Unmaking
- Exquisite Blood
- Phyrexian Arena
- Despark
- Marauding Blight-Priest
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Aven Mindcensor
- Hushbringer
- Giada, Font of Hope
- Blood Artist
- Fetid Heath
- Demonic Tutor
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Esper Sentinel
- Windborn Muse
- Shineshadow Snarl
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).