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Saskia the Unyielding

Saskia the Unyielding

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Saskia the Unyielding wants a deck that plays cheap creatures and attacks from the first turns. It leads the ready-made Open Hostility deck (2016).

  • Mana costblackredgreenwhite
  • White, Black, Red, Green ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Vigilance, haste

As Saskia enters, choose a player.

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, it deals that much damage to the chosen player.

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Cards That Fit Saskia the Unyielding

Picked for what they do in Saskia the Unyielding's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Saskia the Unyielding'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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Decks Led by Saskia the Unyielding

Saskia the Unyielding leads a ready-made deck.PreconShort for preconstructed deck: a ready-to-play deck sold in a box by Wizards of the Coast. A Commander precon comes with its commander and all 100 cards, so you can play it straight away and change cards later.Open the full glossary

Rulings for Saskia the Unyielding

explain how Saskia the Unyielding 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 8 Nov 2016

If a creature you control deals combat damage to the chosen player, it deals that much damage to that player again.

Wizards of the Coast 8 Nov 2016

If Saskia leaves the battlefield and returns, you choose a player again. It doesn't remember the previously chosen player.

Wizards of the Coast 8 Nov 2016

Once the chosen player has left the game, Saskia's triggered ability will have no effect.

Wizards of the Coast 8 Nov 2016

The damage that Saskia's ability causes a creature to deal isn't combat damage.

4 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 glossaryWBRGPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black, R for red, G for green.AggroAggro decks play cheap creatures early and attack every turn, trying to knock opponents out before their bigger plans come together.Open the Aggro pageSaboteurTriggers when a creature deals combat damage to a player, so the reward comes from connecting rather than from the damage itself. Evasion makes these far more reliable. Ragavan, Nimble PilfererOpen the Saboteur page