“Rarely at rest on the Amber Throne, Anafenza always leads the Abzan Houses to battle.”
Anafenza, the Foremost
Card Rules and Details
Card Type: Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
Mana Cost: {W}{B}{G}
Oracle Rules Text: Whenever Anafenza attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on another target tapped creature you control. If a nontoken creature an opponent owns would die or a creature card not on the battlefield would be put into an opponent's graveyard, exile that card instead.
Flavor Text: Rarely at rest on the Amber Throne, Anafenza always leads the Abzan Houses to battle.
Set: Khans of Tarkir (#163), Rarity: Mythic, Artist: James Ryman
Legendary
Creature
Black
Green
White
Mythic
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Official Rulings (4)
2014-09-20
Anafenza's last ability cares only what the card would be in the zone it's moving from, not what it would be in the graveyard. For example, if a land card you control becomes a creature due to an effect and then dies, the land card will be exiled. But if a creature card with bestow is an Aura when it would be put into the graveyard, it ends up in the graveyard.
2014-09-20
Anafenza's first ability can target any tapped creature you control. That creature doesn't necessarily have to be attacking.
2014-09-20
If your opponent discards a creature card while Anafenza is on the battlefield, abilities that function when a card is discarded (such as madness) still work, even though that card never reaches a graveyard. In addition, spells or abilities that check the characteristics of a discarded card (such as Chandra Ablaze's first ability) can find that card in exile.
2014-09-20
While Anafenza is on the battlefield, abilities that trigger whenever a nontoken creature your opponent owns dies won't trigger, as that card will never reach that player's graveyard. (Token creatures will still go to the graveyard briefly before ceasing to exist.)
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