Arvinox, the Mind Flail

Arvinox, the Mind Flail

Legendary Enchantment Creature — Horror

Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Arvinox isn't a creature unless you control three or more permanents you don't own.

static —

At the beginning of your end step, exile the bottom card of each opponent's library face down. For as long as those cards remain exiled, you may look at them, you may cast permanent spells from among them, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

triggered —

triggered —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: exile a card, cast an artifact, cast a battle, cast a creature, cast an enchantment, cast a planeswalker.

Cares about: an end step.

Works well with

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

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

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

a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

When Arvinox, the Mind Flail is cast:

  1. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  2. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  3. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  4. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  5. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  6. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  7. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  8. Tellah, Great Sage — makes a token
  9. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Arvinox, the Mind Flail, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Arvinox, the Mind Flail, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
  3. Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When Arvinox, the Mind Flail is cast, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers

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

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

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Arvinox, the Mind Flail, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

When Arvinox, the Mind Flail is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

When an artifact is cast thanks to Arvinox, the Mind Flail:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Arvinox, the Mind Flail enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

When Arvinox, the Mind Flail enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Arvinox is one).

When Arvinox, the Mind Flail is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Path of Annihilation — gains you 4 life
  3. Communal Brewing — it arrives with counters thanks to Communal Brewing
  4. Bloodbond March — brings a card back
  5. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature

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