Altanak, the Thrice-Called

Altanak, the Thrice-Called

Legendary Creature — Insect Beast

Mana cost: {5}{G}{G}

How we read this card

Trample
Whenever Altanak becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, draw a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

Return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

activated {1}{G}, Discard this card —

activated {1}{G}, Discard this card — brings a card back

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, put a land onto the battlefield, a land leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a land in a graveyard.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Altanak, the Thrice-Called onto the battlefield from your library

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

an Insect attacks — 323 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

When Altanak, the Thrice-Called attacks:

  1. Vrestin, Menoptra Leader — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Beast creature is cast — 587 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

  1. Tawnos, the Toymaker — When Altanak, the Thrice-Called is cast, Tawnos, the Toymaker copies a spell

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

When Altanak, the Thrice-Called enters:

  1. Totem Speaker — gains you 3 life
  2. Wirewood Savage — draws you 1 card
  3. Woodland Liege — draws you 1 card
  4. Aether Charge — deals 4 damage

put a land into a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Spiked Ripsaw — Spiked Ripsaw puts cards into the graveyard that Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring back
  2. Excavating Anurid — Excavating Anurid puts cards into the graveyard that Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring back
  3. Centaur Garden — When Centaur Garden is in the graveyard, Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring it back
  4. Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon is in the graveyard, Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring it back
  5. Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn is in the graveyard, Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring it back
  6. Lazotep Quarry — Lazotep Quarry puts cards into the graveyard that Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring back
  7. Urza's Saga — When Urza's Saga is in the graveyard, Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring it back
  8. Inventors' Fair — When Inventors' Fair is in the graveyard, Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring it back
  9. Haunted Fengraf — When Haunted Fengraf is in the graveyard, Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring it back
  10. Gargantuan Gorilla — Gargantuan Gorilla puts cards into the graveyard that Altanak, the Thrice-Called can bring back

624 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land enters the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

When a land enters thanks to Altanak, the Thrice-Called:

  1. Primeval Bounty — gains you 3 life
  2. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — makes a token
  4. Emeria Shepherd — brings a card back
  5. Quest for the Necropolis — puts a quest counter on itself
  6. Soul Stair Expedition — puts a quest counter on itself
  7. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs — puts counters on a permanent
  8. Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally — makes a token
  9. Silvan Reveler — returns itself from the graveyard
  10. Floral Evoker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

When Altanak, the Thrice-Called makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

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

When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Altanak, the Thrice-Called:

  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 creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

When Altanak, the Thrice-Called hits the graveyard:

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Voracious Brood — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  4. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  5. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers
  6. Sefris of the Hidden Ways — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Altanak is one).

When Altanak, the Thrice-Called makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself

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