Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate 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 At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, choose target nonland permanent an opponent controls. Until your next turn, it can't attack or block, and its activated abilities can't be activated. Sacrifice Linvala: Choose hexproof or indestructible. Creatures you control gain that ability until end of turn.
How it works : Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Linvala’s middle ability won’t trigger at all if you don’t have a full party as your combat phase begins. It won’t affect the target if you don’t have a full party as it resolves. The number of creatures in your party may change between these times, however.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The nonland permanent remains affected until your next turn even if the number of creatures in your party changes or Linvala leaves the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have a colon in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
No abilities of the affected permanent can be activated, including mana abilities.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
In a multiplayer game, if you leave the game after Linvala’s middle ability resolves but before your next turn begins, its effect lasts until your next turn would have begun. It neither expires immediately nor lasts indefinitely.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
To determine “the number of creatures in your party,” check whether you control a Cleric, whether you control a Rogue, whether you control a Warrior, and whether you control a Wizard. The number is the total number of those checks to which you answered yes. Each creature you control can be counted for only one of those checks.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature has more than one party creature type, and there are multiple ways to count that creature that could result in a different number of creatures in your party, the highest such number is used. For example, if you control a Cleric and a Cleric Wizard, the number of creatures in your party is two. You can’t choose to have it be just one by counting the Cleric Wizard first as a Cleric.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
An ability referring to the number of creatures in your party gets a number from zero to four. Such abilities never ask which creatures are in your party, and you never have to designate specific creatures as being in your party. You can’t choose to exclude creatures from this count to lower the number.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
Some cards refer to you having a “full party.” This is true if the number of creatures in your party is four.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Kenrith, the Returned King + Relic of Legends + Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- 1Activate Kenrith's fifth ability by paying
due to Agatha, returning Linvala from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 2Activate Relic of Legends' second ability by tapping Linvala, adding .
- 3Activate Linvala by sacrificing it.
- 4Repeat.
Ratadrabik of Urborg + Leyline of Singularity + Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- 1Activate Linvala by sacrificing it.
- 2When Linvala dies, Ratadrabik triggers, creating a token copy of Linvala that is a 2/2 legendary Zombie in addition to its other types.
- 3Resolve the Linvala ability.
- 4Repeat using the Linvala token
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- 1Activate Linvala by sacrificing it.
- 2When Linvala dies, Yedora triggers, returning Linvala from your graveyard to the battlefield face-down as a Forest land.
- 3When Linvala enters the battlefield, Zimone triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate Linvala by tapping it, adding
. - 5Resolve the Zimone trigger, turning Linvala face-up.
- 6Resolve the Linvala ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Metastatic Evangel + Cryptic Trilobite + Basking Broodscale
- 1Cast Linvala by paying its mana cost if it is in your hand. Otherwise, activate Tayam by paying
and removing three counters from creatures you control, causing you to mill three cards and return Linvala from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it. - 2When Linvala enters the battlefield, Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to put a +1/+1 counter on Cryptic Trilobite and Basking Broodscale and a vigilance counter on Linvala.
- 3Basking Broodscale triggers, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token that enters with a vigilance counter on it.
- 4Activate Cryptic Trilobite by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding
that can only be spent to activate abilities. - 5Activate the Eldrazi Spawn by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Activate Tayam by paying , removing both vigilance counters from Linvala and another counter from a creature you control.
- 7Holding priority, activate Linvala by sacrificing it.
- 8Resolve the Tayam ability, causing you to mill three cards and return Linvala from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Vizier of Remedies + Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- 1Activate Linvala by sacrificing it.
- 2When Linvala dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to Vizier of Remedies.
- 3Resolve the Linvala ability.
- 4Repeat.
Kenrith, the Returned King + Earthcraft + Agatha of the Vile Cauldron + Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate
- 1Activate a basic Swamp by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Kenrith's fifth ability by paying due to Agatha, returning Linvala from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Activate Earthcraft by tapping Linvala, untapping the basic Swamp.
- 4Activate Linvala by sacrificing it.
- 5Repeat.
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