Suraya, Archangel of Knowledge

Once per Turn Action -

: Attack. Whenever Suraya attacks, you may banish a Light card from your hero's soul. If you do, Suraya deals 1 arcane damage to any target.

Whenever Suraya deals damage, you gain that much

.

Ward 4

Rulings

From the Dynasty release notes

If the target Spectral Shield becomes an illegal target when this resolves (e.g. if it doesn’t exist anymore), this will not resolve and you will not gain an action point.
Suraya, Archangel of Knowledge is an ally and can be the target of attacks.

Older rulings (1)

~~If Suraya, Archangel of Knowledge is destroyed while it is attacking, but before the chain link resolves, the combat chain closes.~~
Changed 2025-01-31
The combat chain closes only if the attack ceases to exist before damage is calculated in the Damage Step (rule 7.7.2c; and not while another attack waits in the queue). Destroyed after damage, the chain link resolves normally and the chain stays open.

Keyword notes

Ward X - If your hero would be dealt damage, prevent X of that damage and destroy this.

Ward is a static ability that generates a fixed-prevention effect.
The prevention effect is not optional. It applies whenever damage would be dealt to your hero.
If another prevention effect reduces a damage event to 0, the replacement condition is no longer met (damage would not be dealt), so Ward would not apply.
The prevention amount applies to a single damage event. The leftover prevention amount does not apply to any future damage that would be dealt to your hero.
If the damage prevention can not be applied due to an effect, the object with Ward on it is still destroyed as part of the replacement effect application.

All keywords

TalentLight

ClassIllusionist

TypeAlly

SubtypesAngel

Attack4

Life4

Arcane1

KeywordsWard 4

SetsDYN

Legal inClassic Constructed, Blitz, Living Legend, Ultimate Pit Fight

ArtistsAlexander Mokhov