Innistrad: Crimson Vow: Effect-o-pedia

Effect-o-pedia

Innistrad: Crimson Vow

Limited formats will generally involve the same common gameplay effects which show up again and again. Use this guide to find out what common effects are in - and not in! - this format.

Board Wipes Bounce Counterspells Discard Disenchant Falter Fog Haste Life Gain Mana Fixing Mana Ramp Mass Pump Ping Mill Mind Control Threaten

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Mechanics/Themes

Mechanic: Double Faced Cards Mechanic: Day/Night Mechanic: Disturb Mechanic: Training Mechanic: Blood Tokens Mechanic: Exploit Theme: Vampire Tribal Theme: Human Tribal Theme: Zombie Tribal Theme: Toughness

Board Wipes

Effects that can kill all creatures on the battlefield.

By Invitation Only

Path of Peril

Conditional

Consuming Tide

Toxrill, the Corrosive

End the Festivities

Vampires' Vengeance

Two universal board wipes in white and black, and a few powerful conditional wipes as well.

Bounce

Effects that return cards to their owners hand.

Alchemist's Retrieval

Consuming Tide

Hullbreaker Horror

Lunar Rejection

Just one common bounce spell, although a few other options exist.

Counterspells

Effects that can counter your spells.

Quite a few counterspells are floating around.

Discard

Effects that can force you discard cards from your hand.

Aim for the Head

Concealing Curtains // Revealing Eye

Dread Fugue

Mindleech Ghoul

The format's common Mind Rot has extra upside, and a 2/2 Zombie can easily be used for discard.

Disenchant

Effects that destroy artifacts or enchantments.

Several disenchant effects.

Falter

Effects that make it so multiple creatures temporarily cannot block.

No cards in this format have this effect!

Fog

Effects that prevent combat damage for multiple or all creatures.

No cards in this format have this effect!

Haste

Effects that can grant haste to creatures, or creatures that have haste.

Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner

Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist

Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth

Halana and Alena, Partners

Markov Waltzer

Olivia, Crimson Bride

Dollhouse of Horrors

Haste lives mostly in red, as usual.

Life Gain

Gaining life!

Lifegain

Dawnhart Geist

Heron of Hope

Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr // Katilda's Rising Dawn

Kindly Ancestor // Ancestor's Embrace

Lantern Flare

Ollenbock Escort

Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit

Sanctify

Traveling Minister

Desperate Farmer // Depraved Harvester

Diregraf Scavenger

Gluttonous Guest

Parasitic Grasp

Ragged Recluse // Odious Witch

Restless Bloodseeker // Bloodsoaked Reveler

Anje, Maid of Dishonor

Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin

Payoff

Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit

Voice of the Blessed

Courier Bat

Restless Bloodseeker // Bloodsoaked Reveler

Markov Purifier

A small lifegain theme exists in this format in White and Black.

Mana Fixing

Effects that fix for colors.

Cartographer's Survey

Dig Up

Hiveheart Shaman

Nature's Embrace

Reclusive Taxidermist

Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf

Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher

Several Green cards can help fix, with only Evolving Wilds as a common land fixer.

Mana Ramp

Effects that ramp mana.

Cartographer's Survey

Reclusive Taxidermist

Splendid Reclamation

Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf

Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher

Honored Heirloom

As usual, mana ramp has much overlap with green fixing.

Mass Pump

Effects that pump all of a player's creatures.

Arm the Cathars

Markov Retribution

Glorious Sunrise

No significant mass pump spell exists, but it is an option on two modal cards.

Ping

Effects that can kill creatures with 1 toughness.

Ballista Watcher // Ballista Wielder

End the Festivities

Olivia's Attendants

Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist

Minor ping effects, your X/1s may be relatively safe.

Mill

Effects that can mill your opponent's deck.

Self

Grolnok, the Omnivore

Old Rutstein

Vilespawn Spider

Almost no spells to mill your opponent, but self mill - especially in Blue and Green - is prevalent and can help fuel synergies such as Disturb.

Mind Control

Effects that steal your permanents, permanently.

No cards in this format have this effect!

Threaten

Effects that steal your creatures temporarily and grant them haste.

Bloody Betrayal

Dominating Vampire

Two threaten effects, beware big creatures!.

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Mechanics/Themes

Mechanic: Double Faced Cards

Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit

Radiant Grace // Radiant Restraints

Wedding Announcement // Wedding Festivity

Biolume Egg // Biolume Serpent

Jacob Hauken, Inspector // Hauken's Insight

Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit

Bloodsworn Squire // Bloodsworn Knight

Catapult Fodder // Catapult Captain

Concealing Curtains // Revealing Eye

Desperate Farmer // Depraved Harvester

Henrika Domnathi // Henrika, Infernal Seer

Innocent Traveler // Malicious Invader

Ragged Recluse // Odious Witch

Restless Bloodseeker // Bloodsoaked Reveler

Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner

Alluring Suitor // Deadly Dancer

Voltaic Visionary // Volt-Charged Berserker

Dormant Grove // Gnarled Grovestrider

Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth

Edgar, Charmed Groom // Edgar Markov's Coffin

Runo Stromkirk // Krothuss, Lord of the Deep

Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher

This is not an exhaustive list as two major mechanics: Daybound/Nightbound and Disturb both use Double Faced Cards, and can be found in their respective sections.

These cards transform via activated and triggered abilities described on the card.

Mechanic: Day/Night

Daybound/Nightbound

Ballista Watcher // Ballista Wielder

Fearful Villager // Fearsome Werewolf

Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger

Lambholt Raconteur // Lambholt Ravager

Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist

Weary Prisoner // Wrathful Jailbreaker

Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster

Hookhand Mariner // Riphook Raider

Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler

Infestation Expert // Infested Werewolf

Oakshade Stalker // Moonlit Ambusher

Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf

Wolfkin Outcast // Wedding Crasher

Child of the Pack // Savage Packmate

Other Day/Night Cards

Into the Night

Wolf Strike

Day/Night is a mechanic that tracks throughout the game. Once the day/night cycle begins, either player can switch the game state on their own turn by either playing no spells to swap from day to night, or by playing two or more spells to swap from night to day at the end of their turn.

Daybound/Nightbound creatures will transform depending on the game state. All Daybound/Nightbound creatures are Werewolves.

Mechanic: Disturb

Disturb

Distracting Geist // Clever Distraction

Drogskol Infantry // Drogskol Armaments

Faithbound Judge // Sinner's Judgment

Katilda, Dawnhart Martyr // Katilda's Rising Dawn

Kindly Ancestor // Ancestor's Embrace

Twinblade Geist // Twinblade Invocation

Binding Geist // Spectral Binding

Gutter Skulker // Gutter Shortcut

Lantern Bearer // Lanterns' Lift