Linvala, Keeper of Silence
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying
Activated abilities of creatures your opponents control can't be activated.
Combos with Linvala, Keeper of Silence
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Nature's Revolt Infinite
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Opponents can't tap lands for mana
- Living Plane Infinite
- Opponents can't tap lands for mana
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Life and Limb Infinite
- Opponents can't activate abilities of lands or creatures they control
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Living Lands Infinite
- Opponents can't activate abilities of lands or creatures they control
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Kormus Bell Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Infinite
- Opponents can't tap lands for mana
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Kormus Bell Blanket of Night Infinite
- Opponents can't tap lands for mana
- Lock
- Mass Land Denial
- Staff of Compleation Ivory Gargoyle Zedruu the Greathearted Mind Over Matter Infinite
- Opponents skip their draw steps
- Lock
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2016-06-08
Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
- 2017-03-14
No abilities of creatures your opponents control can be activated, including mana abilities.
- 2017-03-14
Linvala’s last ability affects only creatures on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones (such as bloodrush or unearth) can still be activated. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Linvala, Keeper of Silence, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giada, Font of Hope | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-White 1 deck
Every version of Linvala, Keeper of Silence
4 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Secret Lair Drop
- Normal
- $36.43
- Foil
- $38.35

- Normal
- $19.52

Modern Masters 2017
- Normal
- $23.64
- Foil
- $45.58

Rise of the Eldrazi
- Normal
- $23.60
- Foil
- $101.99
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Linvala, Keeper of Silence. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.