Windswift Slice

Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Create a number of 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt this way.

Tokens

• Elf Warrior 1/1 G

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

Caerwyn on interaction question

4 months ago

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Here is how this plays out:

1. You put Windswift Slice on the Stack. There are no responses so the card resolves.

2. When the spell resolves, your 12/12 deals 12 damage to the 6/6. The excess damage in this hypothetical is 6. You create six 1/1 green Elf Warrior creatures.

3. The Elf Warrior creatures enter the battlefield as 1/1s. This triggers Tribute to the World Tree and the triggered ability goes on the stack.

4. No one responds to Tribute. It resolves. The creatures are 1/1s, so each creature would normally get two +1/+1 counters. They are not big enough for the draw a card portion of Tribute (even though they will be after the ability resolves).

5. However, you have two replacement effects which modify how +1/+1 counters are put on the creature. Since you control both effects, you get to determine the order the replacement effects are applied. You will want to apply Hardened Scales first, as that changes the two +1/+1 counters to three. Then you apply Branching Evolution second to double those counters. That gives you a total of six +1/+1 counters. (If you do it the other way, with Branching Evolution second, you will double 2 to 4, then add 1, ending up with only 5 counters).

Goober12 on interaction question

4 months ago

I HAVE A QUESTION ON INTERACTIONS WITH CARDS ON MY BATTLEFIELD. I HAD Branching Evolution , Tribute to the World Tree , Hardened Scales OUT FOR MY ENCHANTMENTS. I HAD A 12/12 CREATURE ON THE BOARD. I PLAYED Windswift Slice USING MY 12/12 CREATURE AS MY TARGET CREATURE AND I USED THE SPELL ON OPPONENTS 6/6 CREATURE. MY QUESTION IS HOW WOULD ALL THAT INTERACT WHEN THE TOKEN CREATURES COME OUT INTO PLAY?

The_Biking_Viking on You'll have to toss me! (Don't Tell the Elf)

1 year ago

TheMeadiator first off, love the name. Skol! Thank you for the suggestions Stalking Vengeance is 100% going to find a home in here and know I have a copy of Unleash Fury laying around.

DreadKhan wow I really like all of these, but Rionya, Fire Dancer Windswift Slice and Two-Handed Axe i've never seen before. The slice is fun thinking of Legolas stealing kills :D.

DreadKhan on You'll have to toss me! (Don't Tell the Elf)

1 year ago

Have you thought about Neyith of the Dire Hunt and Rionya, Fire Dancer for this? Since you often have big creatures there is Chandra's Ignition, and Windswift Slice manages to be the world's biggest flavor fail and win at the same time, at least nobody will miss those elves when you sacrifice them! Two-Handed Axe might fit (and it's a big ax!), Inquisitor's Flail is unfortunately not an ax but is also very good if Gimli has high toughness.

I'm not sure how big your tallest creatures end up, but Monstrous Onslaught is very good with an excessively big creature.

Cool deck!