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Danitha, Benalia's Hope

Danitha, Benalia's Hope

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Danitha wants a deck that puts expensive cards onto the battlefield without paying for them. It also works in a deck built around Humans or Knights.

  • Mana cost4 genericwhite
  • White ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityRare

First strike, vigilance, lifelink

When Danitha enters, you may put an Aura or Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield attached to Danitha.

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Cards That Fit Danitha, Benalia's Hope

Picked for what they do in Danitha's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Danitha'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 Danitha, Benalia's Hope

explain how Danitha 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 9 Sep 2022

Conversely, if you attempt to put a non-Aura Equipment onto the battlefield this way and Danitha is no longer on the battlefield or that Equipment can't legally be attached to Danitha, that Equipment will enter the battlefield unattached.

Wizards of the Coast 9 Sep 2022

If you attempt to put an Aura onto the battlefield this way and Danitha is no longer on the battlefield or that Aura can't legally be attached to Danitha, that Aura does not enter the battlefield at all. Instead, it will stay in its previous zone.

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

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Danitha, 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.Cheat into PlayCheat into Play decks put huge creatures and other expensive cards onto the battlefield without paying their mana costs. A card says "put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield", and an eight-mana dragon is attacking on turn three. Sneak Attack Kaalia of the Vast Natural OrderOpen the Cheat into Play pageCheat into PlayPuts permanents straight onto the battlefield without casting them, from your deck, your hand or your graveyard. Skipping the cast skips the mana cost, and counterspells with it. Genesis Wave, Coiling OracleOpen the Cheat into Play pageETB ValueDoes something useful the moment it arrives: an enter the battlefield ability, which players shorten to ETB. You keep that effect even if the card is removed straight afterwards, which is why these pair so well with flicker cards that make them enter again. Solemn Simulacrum, The One RingOpen the ETB Value pageRecursionBrings cards back from the graveyard: to your hand, to the battlefield, or letting them be cast again from where they lie. Eternal Witness, Reanimate, VictimizeOpen the Recursion pageLife GainGains you life, once or over and over. Soul Warden, The Great Henge. In Commander life is something to spend, not just a cushion, and many of these cards also set off others that reward gaining life.Open the Life Gain page