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Kaya, Orzhov Usurper
Legendary Planeswalker — Kaya
rare
+1: Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. You gain 2 life if at least one creature card was exiled this way. −1: Exile target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less. −5: Kaya deals damage to target player equal to the number of cards that player owns in exile and you gain that much life.
Loyalty: 3
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Specifically removes artifacts.
Specifically removes enchantments.
Removes threats by exiling rather than destroying — bypasses indestructible and death triggers.
Exiles cards from graveyards or prevents graveyard interaction. Shuts down recursion, flashback, and graveyard-matters strategies.
Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.
Removes any nonland permanent — the Vindicate, Beast Within, Generous Gift category. Most flexible single-target removal.
A card or token on the battlefield. See rule 110, “Permanents.”
Specifically removes planeswalkers.
Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.
Planeswalker-heavy strategy — proliferate, Doubling Season, planeswalker synergies.
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Printings (5)
| Set | Rarity | TCGplayer | Card Kingdom | Cardmarket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravnica Remastered#194 | rare | · | · | · |
| The List#RNA-186 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ravnica Allegiance#186 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Mythic Edition#RA8 | mythic | · | · | · |
| Ravnica Allegiance Promos#186p | mythic | · | · | · |
Related Rules
If an ability would produce one or more mana of an undefined type, it produces no mana instead.
Some abilities produce mana based on the type of mana another permanent or permanents “could produce.” The type of mana a permanent could produce at any time includes any type of mana that an ability of that permanent would produce if the ability were to resolve at that time, taking into account any applicable replacement effects in any possible order. Ignore whether any costs of the ability could or could not be paid. If that permanent wouldn’t produce any mana under these conditions, or no type of mana can be defined this way, there’s no type of mana it could produce.
To “tap [a permanent] for mana” is to activate a mana ability of that permanent that includes the {T} symbol in its activation cost. See rule 605, “Mana Abilities.”
An ability that triggers whenever a permanent “is tapped for mana” or is tapped for mana of a specified type triggers whenever such a mana ability resolves and produces mana or the specified type of mana.
A replacement effect that applies if a permanent “is tapped for mana” or tapped for mana of a specific type and/or amount modifies the mana production event while such an ability is resolving and producing mana or the specified type and/or amount of mana.
If an object’s enters-the-battlefield triggered ability or replacement effect refers to X, and the spell that became that object as it resolved had a value of X chosen for any of its costs, the value of X for that ability is the same as the value of X for that spell, although the value of X for that permanent is 0. This is an exception to rule 107.3i.
The tap symbol is {T}. The tap symbol in an activation cost means “Tap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already tapped can’t be tapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the tap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
The untap symbol is {Q}. The untap symbol in an activation cost means “Untap this permanent.” A permanent that’s already untapped can’t be untapped again to pay the cost. A creature’s activated ability with the untap symbol in its activation cost can’t be activated unless the creature has been under its controller’s control continuously since their most recent turn began. See rule 302.6.
Rulings
If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Kaya's last ability causes you to gain life equal to the number of cards the target player owns in exile, even if an effect causes her to deal more or less than that amount of damage to that player.
Tokens that aren't a copy of something else don't have a mana cost. Anything without a mana cost normally has a mana value of 0.