Against All Odds

Against All Odds

Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{W}

How we read this card

Exile target artifact or creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

on-cast —

on-cast — blinks a permanent

Return target artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

on-cast — brings a card back

Causes: you face a dilemma, exile an artifact, exile a creature, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, put an artifact onto the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, an artifact leaves a graveyard, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an artifact in a graveyard, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Against All Odds, it triggers

an artifact leaves a graveyard — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Imotekh the Stormlord — When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Against All Odds, Imotekh the Stormlord makes 2 tokens
  2. Dredger's Insight — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Against All Odds, Dredger's Insight gains you 1 life

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

When an artifact is exiled thanks to Against All Odds:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

When Against All Odds poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put an artifact into a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Straw Golem — When Straw Golem is in the graveyard, Against All Odds can bring it back
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — When ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot is in the graveyard, Against All Odds can bring it back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — Heart-Shaped Herb puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back
  4. Trading Post — Trading Post puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back
  5. Codex Shredder — Codex Shredder puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back
  6. Acidic Dagger — Acidic Dagger puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back
  7. Mondrak, Glory Dominus — Mondrak, Glory Dominus puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back
  8. Phyrexian Dreadnought — When Phyrexian Dreadnought is in the graveyard, Against All Odds can bring it back
  9. Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings — Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back
  10. Grinding Station — Grinding Station puts cards into the graveyard that Against All Odds can bring back

1,216 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Against All Odds:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When an artifact leaves the battlefield thanks to Against All Odds, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature or artifact is exiled thanks to Against All Odds, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

When a creature or artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Against All Odds:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

When Against All Odds is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Against All Odds:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — When a creature enters thanks to Against All Odds, Riku of Two Reflections makes a token

32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Against All Odds, it makes 2 tokens
  2. Conciliator's Duelist — When Conciliator's Duelist enters thanks to Against All Odds, it draws you 1 card
  3. Deluge Virtuoso — When Deluge Virtuoso enters thanks to Against All Odds, it taps a creature an opponent controls

309 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Against All Odds is one).

  1. Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette — When Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette enters thanks to Against All Odds, it becomes prepared

27 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.