Aven Heartstabber
Creature β Bird Assassin
Aven Heartstabber
Creature β Bird Assassin
Card Text
Flying
As long as there are five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +2/+2 and has deathtouch.
When this creature dies, mill two cards, then draw a card.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Black, Blue
- Color Identity
- Black, Blue
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #11,929
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (18)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) | #166s | rare | en | Dan Murayama Scott | β | $0.46 |
| Streets of New Capenna Promos (PSNC) | #166p | rare | en | Dan Murayama Scott | $0.29 | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | en | Dan Murayama Scott | $0.23 | $0.30 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #433 | rare | en | Dan Murayama Scott | $0.21 | $0.30 |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | de | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #433 | rare | de | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | es | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | fr | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #433 | rare | fr | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | it | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | ja | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #433 | rare | ja | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | ko | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | pt | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | ru | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | zhs | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #433 | rare | zhs | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
| Streets of New Capenna (SNC) | #166 | rare | zht | Dan Murayama Scott | β | β |
Official Rulings (6)
If you have five or more mana values among cards in your graveyard and then some of them are removed such that you have fewer than five mana values among those cards, Aven Heartstabber loses its bonus to power and toughness. Notably, this may cause it to die if it now has damage marked on it greater than its toughness.
X is 0 when determining the mana value of a card in your graveyard.
βFive or more mana values among cards in your graveyardβ means there are at least five different mana values among those cards.
The mana value of a split card in the graveyard is the total mana value of both halves of that card. It does not have two mana values.
The mana value of a land card is 0.
The mana value of a double-faced card in your graveyard is always the mana value of the front face.
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