Aven Heartstabber is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flying As long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2 and has deathtouch. When this creature dies, mill two cards, then draw a card.
How it works : Aven Heartstabber
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you have five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard and then some of them are removed such that you have fewer than five mana values among those cards, Aven Heartstabber loses its bonus to power and toughness. Notably, this may cause it to die if it now has damage marked on it greater than its toughness.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
“Five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard” means there are at least five different mana values among those cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a split card in the graveyard is the total mana value of both halves of that card. It does not have two mana values.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a double-faced card in your graveyard is always the mana value of the front face.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
X is 0 when determining the mana value of a card in your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a land card is 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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