Binding the Old Gods

Binding the Old Gods

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {2}{B}{G}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls.

triggered —

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

triggered — searches a library

triggered —

triggered —

Creatures you control gain deathtouch until end of turn.

triggered — grants a keyword

Causes: an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a battle is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, search land forest , put a Forest land onto the battlefield, shuffle a library.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Forest enters the battlefield — 85 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

When a Forest enters thanks to Binding the Old Gods:

  1. Titania, Nature's Force — makes a token
  2. Baru, Fist of Krosa — gives +1/+1
  3. Reach of Branches — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Tourach's Chant — deals 3 damage
  5. Battlewand Oak — gets +2/+2
  6. Staff of the Wild Magus — gains you 1 life
  7. Necklace of Girion — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Roiling Canopy — gives +3/+3

a battle in a graveyard — 129 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  2. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  3. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  4. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  5. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  6. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  7. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  8. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  9. Loamcrafter Faun — can bring it back
  10. Moira and Teshar — can bring it back

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

a battle is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 129 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

  1. Martyr's Bond — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard:

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

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

  1. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky can bring it back
  2. The Eldest Reborn — Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that The Eldest Reborn can bring back
  3. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that Yawgmoth's Vile Offering can bring back
  4. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen can bring back
  5. Breach the Multiverse — Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that Breach the Multiverse can bring back
  6. Command the Dreadhorde — Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that Command the Dreadhorde can bring back

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

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice Binding the Old Gods, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

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

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

  1. Reconstruct History — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Reconstruct History can bring it back
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring it back
  3. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  4. Ghen, Arcanum Weaver — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Ghen, Arcanum Weaver can bring it back
  5. Ghostly Dancers — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Ghostly Dancers can bring it back
  6. Restoration Specialist — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  7. Starfield of Nyx — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Starfield of Nyx can bring it back
  8. Season of Renewal — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Season of Renewal can bring it back
  9. Reviving Melody — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Reviving Melody can bring it back
  10. Tragic Poet — When Binding the Old Gods is in the graveyard, Tragic Poet can bring it 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 (Binding the Old Gods is one).

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Neva, Stalked by Nightmares puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Knight of Doves makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Warehouse Tabby makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Starfield Mystic puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Binding the Old Gods, Femeref Enchantress draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Savior of the Sleeping puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Ashiok's Reaper draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — When Binding the Old Gods is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Wicked Visitor makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  2. Queen Kayla bin-Kroog — can bring back
  3. Beacon of Unrest — can bring back
  4. T'Chaka, Venerable King — can bring back
  5. Goblin Welder — can bring back
  6. Tomakul Scrapsmith — can bring back

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

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

  1. Claim the Kingdom — When a Forest enters thanks to Binding the Old Gods, Claim the Kingdom puts a counter on a creature

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

Binding the Old Gods puts cards into the:

  1. Tombstone Stairwell — graveyard, and Tombstone Stairwell gets bigger
  2. Necromancy — graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Binding the Old Gods:

  1. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Glissa, the Traitor — brings a card back
  3. Salvaging Station — untaps itself

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Binding the Old Gods is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Binding the Old Gods, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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