Contested Game Ball

Contested Game Ball

Artifact

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

Whenever you're dealt combat damage, the attacking player gains control of this artifact and untaps it.

triggered —

triggered — untaps a permanent

Draw a card and put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has five or more point counters on it, sacrifice it and create a Treasure token.

activated {2}, {T} — draws you 1 card

activated {2}, {T} — puts a counter on it

activated {2}, {T} —

activated {2}, {T} — makes a token

Causes: take control of an artifact, untap a permanent, draw a card, put a counter on anything, sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Treasure artifact token, put a Treasure artifact token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: anything is dealt damage.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Contested Game Ball, it draws you cards

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

  1. Death to Our Enemies — When Death to Our Enemies is sacrificed thanks to Contested Game Ball, it deals 7 damage
  2. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Contested Game Ball, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

2 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 (Contested Game Ball is one).

When Contested Game Ball 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 token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

When a Treasure enters thanks to Contested Game Ball:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

When Contested Game Ball makes a Treasure token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 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 (Contested Game Ball is one).

When Contested Game Ball 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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

When Contested Game Ball makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Contested Game Ball gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

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

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives Contested Game Ball indestructible

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives Contested Game Ball an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When a Treasure enters thanks to Contested Game Ball:

  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

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Contested Game Ball is one).

  1. Aerid Konstrari — When Aerid Konstrari dies thanks to Contested Game Ball, it makes a token
  2. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Contested Game Ball, it exiles a creature

7 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 (Contested Game Ball is one).

Contested Game Ball puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — can bring back

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

deal damage to anything — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jinxed Choker — When Jinxed Choker is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  2. Jade Monolith — When Jade Monolith is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  3. Mana Vault — When Mana Vault is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  4. Sorrow's Path — When Sorrow's Path is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  5. City of Brass — When City of Brass is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  6. Ancient Tomb — When Ancient Tomb is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  7. Grand Coliseum — When Grand Coliseum is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself
  8. Tarnished Citadel — When Tarnished Citadel is dealt damage, Contested Game Ball untaps itself

19,804 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.