Brilliance Unleashed

Brilliance Unleashed

Sorcery

Mana cost: {4}{U}{R}

How we read this card

Brilliance Unleashed deals 5 damage to target creature.

on-cast — deals 5 damage

Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. Return it to the battlefield if it's an artifact creature card. Otherwise, return it to the battlefield and it's a 3/3 Robot artifact creature with flying.

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast — turns something into a creature

on-cast — grants a keyword

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

Cares about: an artifact in a graveyard.

Works well with

an artifact leaves a graveyard — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

  1. Imotekh the Stormlord — When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Brilliance Unleashed, Imotekh the Stormlord makes 2 tokens

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 (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

When Brilliance Unleashed 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

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

  1. Monkey Cage — When Monkey Cage is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  2. Straw Golem — When Straw Golem is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  3. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — When ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  4. Mica, Reader of Ruins — Mica, Reader of Ruins puts cards into the graveyard that Brilliance Unleashed can bring back
  5. Trading Post — Trading Post puts cards into the graveyard that Brilliance Unleashed can bring back
  6. Dawn-Blessed Pennant — When Dawn-Blessed Pennant is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  7. Rod of Absorption — When Rod of Absorption is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  8. Conjurer's Bauble — When Conjurer's Bauble is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  9. Codex Shredder — When Codex Shredder is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back
  10. Extruder — When Extruder is in the graveyard, Brilliance Unleashed can bring it back

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

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

When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Brilliance Unleashed:

  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 deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

When Brilliance Unleashed deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Dragonborn Champion — draws you 1 card
  6. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  7. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  8. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 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 (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

When Brilliance Unleashed is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  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 (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Brilliance Unleashed:

  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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Brilliance Unleashed:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Brilliance Unleashed:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Shriveling Rot — kills it
  3. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  4. Hot Soup — kills a creature
  5. Cracked Skull — kills a creature
  6. Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
  7. Frozen Solid — kills a creature
  8. Mortal Wound — kills a creature

19 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 (Brilliance Unleashed is one).

  1. Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus — When Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus enters thanks to Brilliance Unleashed, it triggers

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