Ballad of the Black Flag

Ballad of the Black Flag

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
Mill three cards. You may put a historic card from among them into your hand.

triggered — mills a card

triggered — brings a card back

Historic spells you cast this turn cost {2} less to cast.

triggered — costs 2 less

Causes: mill a card, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice Ballad of the Black Flag, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Builder's Talent can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Emeria Shepherd can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Moment of Reckoning can bring it back
  8. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — Ballad of the Black Flag puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  9. Serra Paragon — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Serra Paragon can bring it back
  10. Odunos River Trawler — Ballad of the Black Flag puts cards into the graveyard that Odunos River Trawler can bring back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

When Ballad of the Black Flag is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  2. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  3. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  5. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  7. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

2 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 (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

When Ballad of the Black Flag leaves a graveyard:

  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.

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Ballad of the Black Flag, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

When Ballad of the Black Flag is cast:

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

255 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 (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Ballad of the Black Flag enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

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

When Ballad of the Black Flag 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. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  8. Archon of Sun's Grace — makes a token
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Ballad of the Black Flag is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Samwise Gamgee can bring it back
  2. Bloodbond March — Ballad of the Black Flag puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring it back
  4. Harness the Storm — Ballad of the Black Flag puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Ballad of the Black Flag is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  7. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Ballad of the Black Flag fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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