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Haytham Kenway

Haytham Kenway

Legendary Creature — Human Knight

Haytham Kenway wants a deck that plays sturdy creatures that also deal with opponents' cards. It also suits a deck that is built around one creature type, like Elves or Dragons.

  • Mana cost2 genericwhiteblue
  • White, Blue ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityRare

Protection from Assassins

Other Knights you control get +2/+2 and have protection from Assassins.

When Haytham Kenway enters, for each opponent, exile up to one target creature that player controls until Haytham Kenway leaves the battlefield.

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Cards That Fit Haytham Kenway

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

explain how Haytham Kenway 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 5 Jul 2024

Auras attached to creatures exiled with Haytham Kenway’s last ability will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Any Equipment attached to them will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creatures cease to exist. When those creatures return to the battlefield, they will be new objects with no connection to the cards that were exiled.

Wizards of the Coast 5 Jul 2024

If a token is exiled with Haytham Kenway’s last ability, it will cease to exist and won’t return to the battlefield.

Wizards of the Coast 5 Jul 2024

If Haytham Kenway leaves the battlefield before its last ability resolves, the target creatures won’t be exiled.

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

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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 glossaryWUPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, U for blue. Blue is U because B was already taken by black.MidrangeMidrange decks play solid creatures that also deal with opponents' cards, attacking when it is safe and defending when it is not. They sit in the middle: slower than an all-out attacking deck, sturdier than a deck built to answer everything.Open the Midrange pageValue CreatureA creature that does two jobs: it deals with an opponent's card when it arrives, then stays as a real attacker. Its enter the battlefield ability destroys, damages, counters or bounces something, and it has 3 or more power or an ability like flying that makes it hard to block. Answering your opponent and pressuring them with the same card is what a Midrange deck is built on. Shriekmaw, Meteor GolemOpen the Value Creature pageProtectionA creature with protection from something, like a color, is safe from anything with that quality. It cannot be damaged, enchanted or equipped, blocked, or targeted by it, and players remember the four with the word DEBT. It does not stop effects that neither target nor damage, like a board wipe that destroys every creature. ProgenitusOpen the Protection pageTypal PayoffRewards you for playing lots of one kind of creature. That includes "lords" that make every other Goblin or Merfolk you control bigger, and cards that ask you to choose a creature type and then pay you off for it. A creature type is the word on the middle line of the card, like Goblin, Elf or Zombie.Open the Typal Payoff pageTarget RemovalRemoves a single chosen permanent by destroying it, exiling it or returning it to its owner's hand, however big it is. It is the precise answer to one problem, as opposed to a board wipe that hits everything. Damage and -X/-X can miss a big creature, so they are Damage Removal and -X/-X Removal instead. Swords to Plowshares, Beast WithinOpen the Target Removal pageTypal/KindredTypal decks are built around one creature type, like Elves, Dragons or Zombies, with cards that make that type stronger. The type is printed after the dash on the card's type line, and the strategy is also called kindred or tribal.Open the Typal/Kindred pageStatic BuffGives creatures a lasting bonus to power and toughness while it remains on the battlefield, rather than a boost that wears off at end of turn. Garruk's Uprising, Patchwork BannerOpen the Static Buff pageKnightsKnights are armored fighters, mostly white, that often come with combat abilities like first strike or vigilance.Open the Knights 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 page