Anafenza, the Foremost
- Mana cost
- {W}{B}{G}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 4
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir Promos #163s (mythic)
Whenever Anafenza attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on another target tapped creature you control.
If a nontoken creature an opponent owns would die or a creature card not on the battlefield would be put into an opponent's graveyard, exile that card instead.
Anafenza, the Foremost has 2 printings, first in Khans of Tarkir (2014). EDHREC ranks it #14,956 among Commander cards. It appears most in Saskia the Unyielding decks (1,045 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Anafenza, the Foremost most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Saskia the Unyielding: 1,045 decks
- Daghatar the Adamant: 83 decks
Often played with Anafenza, the Foremost
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Anafenza's last ability cares only what the card would be in the zone it's moving from, not what it would be in the graveyard. For example, if a land card you control becomes a creature due to an effect and then dies, the land card will be exiled. But if a creature card with bestow is an Aura when it would be put into the graveyard, it ends up in the graveyard.
- : Anafenza's first ability can target any tapped creature you control. That creature doesn't necessarily have to be attacking.
- : If your opponent discards a creature card while Anafenza is on the battlefield, abilities that function when a card is discarded (such as madness) still work, even though that card never reaches a graveyard. In addition, spells or abilities that check the characteristics of a discarded card (such as Chandra Ablaze's first ability) can find that card in exile.
- : While Anafenza is on the battlefield, abilities that trigger whenever a nontoken creature your opponent owns dies won't trigger, as that card will never reach that player's graveyard. (Token creatures will still go to the graveyard briefly before ceasing to exist.)