South Wind Avatar 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
Deathtouch Whenever another creature you control dies, you gain life equal to its toughness. Whenever you gain life, each opponent loses 1 life.
How it works : South Wind Avatar
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
South Wind Avatar's last ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Illegitimate Business or 3 life from Guac & Marshmallow Pizza.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause South Wind Avatar's last ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Use the creature's toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you gain with South Wind Avatar's second ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and South Wind Avatar's last ability will trigger only once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, South Wind Avatar's last ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Exquisite Blood + South Wind Avatar
- 1Gain life.
- 2South Wind Avatar triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Exquisite Blood triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Bloodthirsty Conqueror + South Wind Avatar
- 1Gain life.
- 2South Wind Avatar triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Bloodthirsty Conqueror triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Warren Soultrader + Gravecrawler + South Wind Avatar
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Gravecrawler.
- 2When Gravecrawler dies, South Wind Avatar triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and target opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
. - 5Cast Gravecrawler from your graveyard by paying .
- 6Repeat.
Warren Soultrader + Pitiless Plunderer + Reassembling Skeleton + South Wind Avatar
- 1Activate Warren Soultrader by paying 1 life and sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, South Wind Avatar and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the South Wind Avatar trigger, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Warren Soultrader ability, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 7Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Repeat.
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Pawn of Ulamog + South Wind Avatar
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, South Wind Avatar, Pawn of Ulamog and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the South Wind Avatar trigger, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog ability, creating a 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, South Wind Avatar triggers, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Sifter of Skulls + South Wind Avatar
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, South Wind Avatar, Sifter of Skulls and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the South Wind Avatar trigger, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Sifter of Skulls ability, creating a 1/1 Eldrazi Scion creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, South Wind Avatar triggers, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Nest of Scarabs + South Wind Avatar
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing a creature, targeting any creature an opponent controls.
- 2When the sacrificed creature dies, South Wind Avatar triggers, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life
- 3Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on a creature an opponent controls, and causing you to draw a card.
- 4Nest of Scarabs triggers, creating a creature token.
- 5Repeat.
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician + Fumulus, the Infestation + South Wind Avatar
- 1Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing the undying creature.
- 2When the creature dies, South Wind Avatar, Fumulus and the undying creature's undying ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the South Wind Avatar trigger, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 4Resolve the Fumulus ability, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
- 5Resolve the undying trigger, returning the creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 6Resolve the Yawgmoth ability, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature and drawing a card.
- 7Activate Yawgmoth by paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature.
- 8When the creature dies, South Wind Avatar triggers, causing you to gain life. Its second ability then triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life
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