Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal

Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal

Legendary Artifact

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, exile it.

triggered —

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a creature card exiled with Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal onto the battlefield under your control with a finality counter on it.

triggered — blinks a permanent

triggered — puts a counter on it

Causes: exile a nontoken creature, a nontoken creature leaves a graveyard, put a creature onto the battlefield, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: a nontoken creature dies, an upkeep.

Works well with

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal:

  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 (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal:

  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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 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 (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal:

  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.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is cast:

  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 artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal enters:

  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

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal, All Will Be One deals that much damage

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal enters:

  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

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Chaos Shrine's Black Crystal:

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — makes a token
  2. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  3. Dual Nature — makes a token
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — grants haste
  5. Preston, the Vanisher — makes a token

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