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Vona, Butcher of Magan

Vona, Butcher of Magan

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

Vona wants a deck that helps every player at the table, itself included. It also works in a deck built around Knights, Life Pay Engine or Vampires.

  • Mana cost3 genericwhiteblack
  • White, Black ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Vigilance, lifelink

tap, Pay 7 life: Destroy target nonland permanent. Activate only during your turn.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Vona, Butcher of Magan

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

explain how Vona 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 29 Sep 2017

Vona's last ability can be activated during any step or phase of your turn, including the combat phase. It's possible to attack with Vona and then activate its ability before blockers are declared. Doing so won't remove Vona from combat.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Vona, 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 glossaryWBPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, B for black.Group HugGroup Hug decks give every player extra cards, mana or life, making friends at the table while they quietly work toward their own win. The trick is to be the player best placed to use all that extra.Open the Group Hug 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 pageLife Pay EngineCards that let you pay life instead of mana, or pay life for an extra effect, treating your life total as something to spend.Open the Life Pay Engine page