Wilt-Leaf Liege 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
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.) Other green creatures you control get +1/+1. Other white creatures you control get +1/+1. If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard.
Complete guide
Wilt-Leaf Liege is a versatile powerhouse that rewards you for playing Selesnya colors while providing a harsh deterrent against discard strategies. This Elf Knight turns your multi-colored creatures into massive threats and can jump directly from your hand to the battlefield for free.
Dual-Color Buffs
Wilt-Leaf Liege features two static abilities that boost your other creatures. One gives other green creatures you control +1/+1, and the other gives other white creatures you control +1/+1. Because these are separate abilities, a creature that is both green and white will receive a total bonus of +2/+2.
Punishing Pure Discard
The final ability is a replacement effect. If an opponent plays a spell or ability that forces you to discard, and you choose or are forced to discard Wilt-Leaf Liege, it never hits the graveyard. Instead, you put it directly onto the battlefield. Note that you still officially 'discarded' the card for the purposes of other triggered abilities, even though it ended up on the table instead of in the trash.
Interaction with Replacement Effects
If an opponent has an effect like Leyline of the Void in play, there are two different effects trying to change where Wilt-Leaf Liege goes. Since you are the owner of the card being affected, you choose which replacement effect to apply. Choosing the Liege's own ability allows you to put it onto the battlefield regardless of the opponent's exile effect.
Interaction examples
Eternal WitnessIf you have Wilt-Leaf Liege and Eternal Witness on the battlefield, Eternal Witness gets +1/+1 because it is a green creature. This brings the Shaman to a 3/2. If the creature were multi-colored, like a Gaddock Teeg, it would receive a +1/+1 bonus for being green AND a +1/+1 bonus for being white, totaling +2/+2.
Solemn SimulacrumWilt-Leaf Liege's bonuses only apply to green or white creatures. Because Solemn Simulacrum is a colorless artifact creature, it does not benefit from either of the Liege's static abilities and remains a 2/2 while on the battlefield.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Wilt-Leaf Liege
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Wilt-Leaf Liege's first two abilities are separate and cumulative. If another creature you control is both of the listed colors, it will get a total of +2/+2.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard Wilt-Leaf Liege, and both Wilt-Leaf Liege's ability and another ability (such as that of an opponent's Leyline of the Void) instruct you to put Wilt-Leaf Liege somewhere else instead of putting it into your graveyard, you choose which one to apply.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If you discard Wilt-Leaf Liege and put it onto the battlefield, you've still discarded it. Abilities that trigger when you discard a card will still trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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