Vela the Night-Clad 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.
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Official card text
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Other creatures you control have intimidate. Whenever Vela or another creature you control leaves the battlefield, each opponent loses 1 life.
How it works : Vela the Night-Clad
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Vela leaves the battlefield at the same time as other creatures you control, its ability will trigger for each of those creatures.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Mirrorform + Vela the Night-Clad
Near-infinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Mirrorform by paying
, causing each nonland permanent to become a copy of Vela.
- 2Put all but one Vela into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 3Each Vela you controlled triggers for each Vela that died, causing each opponent to lose 1 life for each trigger.
#2
Sway of the Stars + Vela the Night-Clad
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifeloss for all playersShuffle all hands, graveyards and permanents on the battlefield into their owner's library
- 1Cast Sway of the Stars by paying
, causing each player to shuffle their hand, graveyard and all permanents they own into their library, then causing each player to draw seven cards and set their life total to 7.
- 2Vela triggers for each creature you control that leaves the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose at least 7 life.
- 3Each opponent loses the game due to having 0 life.
#3
Worldfire + Vela the Night-Clad
Each opponent loses the gameExile all cards in hands and graveyardsExile all permanentsNear-infinite lifeloss for all players
- 1Cast Worldfire by paying
, exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to 1.
- 2When Vela leaves the battlefield, it triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life.
- 3Each opponent loses the game as a state-based action due to having 0 life.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduel
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