Cavalier of Thorns

Cavalier of Thorns

Creature — Elemental Knight

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

How we read this card

Reach
When this creature enters, reveal the top five cards of your library. Put a land card from among them onto the battlefield and the rest into your graveyard.

triggered —

triggered — mills a card

When this creature dies, you may exile it. If you do, put another target card from your graveyard on top of your library.

triggered —

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: put a land onto the battlefield, mill a card, exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Knight attacks — 547 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

  1. Knights' Charge — When Cavalier of Thorns attacks, Knights' Charge makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Knight deals combat damage — 547 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

  1. Exsanguinator Cavalry — When Cavalier of Thorns deals combat damage, Exsanguinator Cavalry puts a counter on a permanent

a Knight enters the battlefield — 592 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

When Cavalier of Thorns enters:

  1. Brimstone Trebuchet — untaps itself
  2. Zhalfirin Lancer — gets +1/+1

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

When Cavalier of Thorns enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

  1. The War Games — When Cavalier of Thorns is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

When Cavalier of Thorns is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

When Cavalier of Thorns leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 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 (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

When a land enters thanks to Cavalier of Thorns:

  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.

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

  1. The War Doctor — When Cavalier of Thorns is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Cavalier of Thorns, it triggers

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

When Cavalier of Thorns 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.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

When Cavalier of Thorns dies thanks to:

  1. Blasting Station — it exiles itself
  2. Saw — it exiles itself
  3. Hot Soup — it exiles itself
  4. Mortal Wound — it exiles itself
  5. Dead-Iron Sledge — it exiles itself
  6. Stone-Tongue Basilisk — it exiles itself
  7. Relic Vial — it exiles itself
  8. Spawning Pit — it exiles itself
  9. Ooze Garden — it exiles itself
  10. Feed the Pack — it exiles itself

2,820 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Thor, God of Thunder — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  5. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  6. Harness the Storm — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  7. Transplant Theorist — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  8. Heart-Shaped Herb — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  9. Wayward Angel — Cavalier of Thorns fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  10. Rescue from the Underworld — Cavalier of Thorns puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Cavalier of Thorns:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

  1. Invisible Woman — When Cavalier of Thorns attacks, Invisible Woman triggers

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

put a creature onto the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this.

When Cavalier of Thorns enters thanks to:

  1. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  2. Smuggler's Surprise — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  3. Avatar Destiny — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  4. Gamekeeper — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  5. Zoologist — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  6. Vivien's Arkbow — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  7. Animal Magnetism — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  8. Earth's Mightiest Heroes — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  9. See the Unwritten — it puts a land onto the battlefield
  10. Call of the Wild — it puts a land onto the battlefield

19,790 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Cavalier of Thorns is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Cavalier of Thorns enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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