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Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Adeline wants a deck that makes an army of small creatures and attacks with all of them. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Knights.

  • Mana cost1 genericwhitewhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness* / 4
  • RarityRare

Vigilance

Adeline's power is equal to the number of creatures you control.

Whenever you attack, for each opponent, create a 1/1 white Human creature token that's tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control.

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Cards That Fit Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

Picked for what they do in Adeline's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Adeline's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Rulings for Adeline, Resplendent Cathar

explain how Adeline works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Although the Human tokens created by the triggered ability are attacking, they were never declared as attacking creatures (for the purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Attacking with any creatures will cause Adeline's last ability to trigger. Adeline doesn't have to be among them.

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

The ability that defines Adeline's power works in all zones, not just the battlefield. As long as Adeline is on the battlefield (and still a creature), that ability will count Adeline itself.

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

Tokens will be created for each of your opponents, not just opponents that you attacked.

Wizards of the Coast 24 Sep 2021

You choose whether each token is attacking that opponent or a planeswalker they control as those tokens enter the battlefield.

5 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Adeline, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWPlayers write colors as letters: W for white.TokensToken decks fill the battlefield with small creatures made by their cards, then attack with all of them or make them all bigger at once. A token is a creature (or other object) that a card creates, not a card from your deck.Open the Tokens pageToken EngineMakes tokens again and again rather than once. A token is a creature or other permanent created by a card, with no card of its own. Something that makes one token gives you a body; something that makes them every turn gives you a board you can keep rebuilding after it is cleared. Grave Titan, Bitterblossom, OphiomancerOpen the Token Engine pageToken MakerCreates one or more tokens. Different cards make very different ones: creatures Grave Titan, Treasures Smothering Tithe, Clues Tireless Tracker or Food Gilded Goose. This is one of our largest tags, so pair it with an archetype or theme when you are hunting a specific kind.Open the Token Maker pageAttack TriggerTriggers when a creature attacks, so the reward comes from declaring the attack. You get it even if the creature is blocked. Sword of the Animist, Adeline, Resplendent CatharOpen the Attack Trigger page