Halana and Alena, Partners

Legendary Creature — Human Ranger

First strike, reach

At the beginning of combat on your turn, put X +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control, where X is this creature's power. That other creature gains haste until end of turn.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Brawl	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (12)

carpecanum on Minsc and Boo

1 day ago

Changeling Titan and Changeling Berserker are big hamsters.

Anything with Bestow gives more damage to the sac and you get the Bestow creature back afterwards. They would help out Halana and Alena, Partners also.

Ulvenwald Tracker or fight cards would let you fight and then sac the wounded creature for full damage.

Impact Tremors is hilarious for the hamster-based damage but may not be useful enough. I would cut that one.

Nessian Boar and Grothama, All-Devouring are cheap 10 damage creatures.

legendofa on What is Gruul to you?

3 weeks ago

I think I'm not explaining myself well.

My central thought is that {R} + {G} does not equal {R}{G}. Red might not get deathtouch, but green has full access to it. Why should a red/green card not get deathtouch simply because red doesn't get deathtouch?

White doesn't get deathtouch either, but Arvad the Cursed, Spiteful Squad, Wintermoor Commander, and others have deathtouch. This can only be provided by the {B} requirement.

{U} doesn't get first strike. Sky Spirit, Leap of Flame, Deft Duelist, and others all have first strike provided by their other colors.

Ergo, a color can provide one of its abilities to a card, even if another color can't.

{R} can provide first strike to a card, even a {G} card, with Neheb, the Worthy, Stromkirk Captain, and Halana and Alena, Partners.

{G} can provide deathtouch to a card, as shown by Needlethorn Drake, Winged Coatl, and Venomthrope.

So why is {G} unable to provide deathtouch to {R} (and {W}) cards? Is {U} somehow better at removal than these colors?

I promise I'm not asking these questions rhetorically, or in anger. I genuinely don't fully understand. And as I was writing this response, I realize my position hearkens back to GDS3 and the infamous {B}{G} flying vigilance question. To which I respond that since that question was asked, Warrant / Warden was printed, and still no {B}{G} vigilant flyer.

And I think I've derailed this enough. If anyone wants to help me out, start another thread and I'll respond. With my apologies, let's get this back to the many faces of Gruul in Commander.

griffstick on What is Gruul to you?

3 weeks ago

Grull cards that scream gruul to me are

Creatures

• Ruric Thar, the Unbowed
• Borborygmos Enraged
• Omnath, Locus of Rage
• Xenagos, God of Revels
• Gruul Ragebeast
• Rubblehulk
• Mina and Denn, Wildborn
• Halana and Alena, Partners

Enchantment / artifact

• Shadow in the Warp
• Cindervines
• Gruul War Chant
• Rhythm of the Wild
• Mage Slayer

The rest

• Xenagos, the Reveler
• Klauth's Will
• Destructive Revelry
• Decimate
• Hull Breach
• Contested Cliffs
• Kessig Wolf Run

These are the most "gruul" cards with both red and green (only red and green) in it, in my opinion.

multimedia on All hail the Coalition

6 months ago

Hey, good start, still have 25 cards to cut though which is a lot.

Lets start with cutting noncreature spells and then move to cutting creatures? First cuts to consider:

• Myriad Landscape
• Ash Barrens
• Shamanic Revelation
• Search for Tomorrow
• The Celestus
• Xenagos, the Reveler

You can afford to cut a couple of the subpar lands for five colors. Ash Barrens is fine if you want to spend one mana to fetch a basic land, but if you have to play it as a land then it could slow down being able to cast Jodah too much. Shamanic Revelation is not good draw here for five mana. You're much more likely to have a higher power creature than the same number of creatures equal or more than the amount of power.

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There's 40 creatures here, but if I was building this deck I would play only 20 of them which includes both nonLegendary Elders. Some advice to consider is choose the 20-25 best Legendary creatures and cut the others? Since you're not playing hatebears, what you're looking for with Legends are getting value from other Legends or casting spells from exile. How they support Jodah because he's the best attacking creature when you control other Legends.

Using Legendary creatures you're currently playing here's how I would break down the priority areas from Legends to keep:

Those who draw, ramp or find other Legends.

• Sisay, Weatherlight Captain
• Reki, the History of Kamigawa
• Esika, God of the Tree  ^Flip
• Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
• Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain
• Maelstrom Wanderer
• Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
• Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

Those who make Jodah a better attacker.

• Halana and Alena, Partners
• Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
• Odric, Lunarch Marshal
• Surrak Dragonclaw
• Arvad the Cursed

Those who help for recovery from removal.

• Marchesa, the Black Rose
• Kethis, the Hidden Hand
• Ratadrabik of Urborg

Those who are support, but don't fit into the other areas.

• Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage
• Linvala, Shield of Sea Gate

In place of two of the lesser Legends consider Legend tutors, Time of Need and Search for Glory?

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Some Legends within the budget to consider adding:

• Prosper, Tome-Bound
• Florian, Voldaren Scion
• Shanna, Purifying Blade
• Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle

Good luck with your deck.

Rhadamanthus on Can I play a card …

8 months ago

You do choose the order that the triggers are put onto the stack, but you can't get what you want out of that specific example. If a triggered ability has targets, they have to be chosen at the time the trigger is put onto the stack. In your example, Balefire Dragon isn't on the battlefield yet at the time you need to choose a target for Halana and Alena, Partners' ability.

Quickspell on Can I play a card …

8 months ago

Thank you for the clarify, Rhadamanthus.

I got your point, but just to be sure: Since I can stack my own triggers as I want, the following works, correct?

1. At the Beginning of combat on my turn, I use Fight Rigging to put a +1/+1 counter on Halana and Alena, Partners. Then, if I meet the conditions, I play the hidden card - e.g. I cast Balefire Dragon and put it onto the battlefield.
2. I use Halana and Alena, Partners to put counters on Balefire Dragon and give it haste.
3. I attack with Balefire Dragon.

Quickspell on What happens if I draw …

9 months ago

I can't find the information.

I have Halana and Alena, Partners as my commander and play Wilson, Refined Grizzly. How does that "Choose a background" ability work then?

LunchBox1211 on Card creation challenge

11 months ago

Knight of the Depths {UB}{UB}{UB}

Creature - Human Knight

Deathtouch.

{T}: Add {U} or {B}. If this mana is spent on an instant, sorcery, or spell from your graveyard, surveil 1.

"I have bested Indrelon, and I have been pledged to Ayara. I will stop at nothing!"

1/4

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Make a card that does to Regna, the Redeemer and Krav, the Unredeemed what WotC has done for Halana and Alena, Partners.