---
name: "Saskia the Unyielding"
mana_cost: "{B}{R}{G}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Soldier"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G", "R", "W"]
keywords: ["Vigilance", "Haste"]
set: "PZ2"
set_name: "Treasure Chest"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Greg Opalinski"
oracle_id: "e54d207c-51b8-458e-86a1-2633ac064c8e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/saskia-the-unyielding-pz2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Saskia the Unyielding
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{R}{G}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
- **Keywords:** Vigilance, Haste

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Haktos the Unscarred](/printing/haktos-the-unscarred-thb.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
2. [Swathcutter Giant](/printing/swathcutter-giant-grn.md) — Creature — Giant Soldier
3. [Commander Mustard](/printing/commander-mustard-clu.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Soldier
4. [Samut, Voice of Dissent](/printing/samut-voice-of-dissent-akh.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Eivor, Battle-Ready](/printing/eivor-battle-ready-acr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin Warrior
6. [Sentinel of the Eternal Watch](/printing/sentinel-of-the-eternal-watch-ori.md) — Creature — Giant Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Treasure Chest (PZ2) #61
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Greg Opalinski
- **Total Printings:** 4 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2016-11-08)* The damage that Saskia's ability causes a creature to deal isn't combat damage.
- *(2016-11-08)* If Saskia leaves the battlefield and returns, you choose a player again. It doesn't remember the previously chosen player.
- *(2016-11-08)* If a creature you control deals combat damage to the chosen player, it deals that much damage to that player again.
- *(2016-11-08)* Once the chosen player has left the game, Saskia's triggered ability will have no effect.