Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider 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
Vigilance, trample Whenever Tori D'Avenant attacks, all other attacking creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Other red attacking creatures you control gain trample until end of turn. Untap each other white attacking creature you control.
Complete guide
Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider is a powerhouse for aggressive Boros decks, acting as both a tactical commander and a reliable combat buffer. As a legendary Human Knight with vigilance and trample, she leads the charge while providing a significant boost to your entire army. Understanding her combat trigger is essential for maximizing your damage output and maintaining a solid defense.
A Multi-Layered Attack Trigger
When Tori D'Avenant attacks, she generates a single triggered ability that applies different effects to your other attacking creatures based on their colors. Every other creature currently attacking gets a base +1/+1 buff. However, the ability checks for specific colors to apply additional bonuses: red creatures gain trample, and white creatures are untapped. This occurs simultaneously as the ability resolves.
Resolution Step-by-Step
First, you declare Tori and your other chosen creatures as attackers. Once attackers are declared, Tori's ability is put onto the stack. As it resolves, the game checks the attributes of your other attacking creatures. A creature that is both red and white will receive all three benefits: the power/toughness boost, trample, and the untap effect. This allows your white creatures to serve as blockers in the next turn even though they just attacked.
Strategic Timing and Common Mistakes
A common misconception is that Tori's ability affects creatures that enter the battlefield attacking after the trigger has already resolved; it does not. The bonuses only apply to creatures that are already 'attacking' at the moment the ability resolves. Additionally, remember that Tori does not give herself these bonuses; her text specifically mentions 'other' attacking creatures.
When to Lead the Charge
Tori D'Avenant is best played in decks featuring high-power red creatures that lack evasion and white creatures with high defensive utility. Because she has vigilance herself, she remains a threat on both ends of the table, and her ability to untap your white creatures ensures you are rarely left vulnerable to a crack-back.
Interaction examples
Roaming ThroneIf Roaming Throne enters the battlefield naming 'Human' or 'Knight', Tori's attack trigger will activate twice. This means all other attacking creatures get +2/+2. If Roaming Throne is also attacking, it will receive these buffs and gain trample (if it's red) or untap (if it's white) during each resolution.
Solemn SimulacrumWhen you attack with both creatures, Tori's ability triggers. Since Solemn Simulacrum is a colorless artifact creature, it is not red or white. It will receive the +1/+1 buff because it is 'another attacking creature', but it will not gain trample or be untapped.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Tori D'Avenant, Fury Rider
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
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If another attacking creature is both red and white, it will get +1/+1 until end of turn, gain trample until end of turn, and be untapped.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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