MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #8

Alesha, Who Smiles at Death

DIGITAL ONLY

ea1·#8·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Anastasia Ovchinnikova

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jul '22

4 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,943 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Human Warrior

First strike Whenever Alesha attacks, you may pay {W/B}{W/B}. If you do, return target creature card with power 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and attacking.

"Greet death with sword in hand."

3/2

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2021-03-19wotc

Although the returned creature is an attacking creature, it was never declared as an attacking creature. This means that abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks won't trigger when it enters the battlefield attacking.

2021-03-19wotc

While resolving Alesha's triggered ability, you can't pay the cost multiple times to return more than one creature card.

2021-03-19wotc

Alesha's triggered ability checks the card's power only in your graveyard. The creature will still be tapped and attacking if its power is greater than 2 after it's on the battlefield.

2021-03-19

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from EA1 — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #8 of *Explorer Anthology 1*, the set that shipped alongside the July 2022 Explorer Anthology 1 release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Human Warrior, color identity black/red/white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: First strike.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,943 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Anastasia Ovchinnikova. Rarix catalogs 316 other cards credited to this artist.