Valentin, Dean of the Vein
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Menace, lifelink
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, you may pay 2. If you do, create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with "When this token dies, you gain 1 life."
Whenever you gain life, you may pay 1. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain trample until end of turn.
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2021-04-16
If you gain life at the same time a creature you control is dealt lethal damage, that creature dies before Lisette’s ability can put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 2021-04-16
If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, and both Valentin and another effect are trying to exile it instead, that opponent chooses which effect to apply. If Valentin’s effect ends up not applying because of this choice, the triggered ability that allows you to pay 2 won’t trigger, even if the creature card ends up in exile.
- 2021-04-16
If you gain an amount of life “for each” of something, that life is gained as one event and the ability will trigger only once.
- 2021-04-16
You may only pay 1 once for each life gain event.
- 2021-04-16
An ability that triggers “whenever you gain life” triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life you gain.
- 2021-04-16
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, a “whenever you gain life” ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Valentin, Dean of the Vein, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aphelia, Viper Whisperer | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Golgari 1 deck
Every version of Valentin, Dean of the Vein
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.
The List
- Normal
- $1.43
- Normal
- $1.05
- Foil
- $1.02
Promo
Strixhaven: School of Mages Promos
- Foil
- $3.37
Extended Art
- Normal
- $5.08
- Foil
- $2.31
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Valentin, Dean of the Vein. 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.
