Court of Ambition

Court of Ambition

Enchantment

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

How we read this card

When this enchantment enters, you become the monarch.

triggered —

At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card. If you're the monarch, instead each opponent loses 6 life unless they discard two cards.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 3 life

triggered —

triggered — makes each opponent lose 6 life

triggered —

Causes: become the monarch, make a player lose life, discard a card.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

you become the monarch — 57 cards in the game can cause this (Court of Ambition is one).

When Court of Ambition makes you the monarch:

  1. Custodi Lich — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  2. Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader — triggers

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Court of Ambition is one).

When Court of Ambition makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Court of Ambition is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Court of Ambition:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Court of Ambition is one).

When Court of Ambition is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Court of Ambition is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Court of Ambition enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Court of Ambition is one).

When Court of Ambition enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

66 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 (Court of Ambition is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  4. Harness the Storm — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — Court of Ambition fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  9. Victimize — Court of Ambition puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  10. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Court of Ambition fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

434 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 (Court of Ambition is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Court of Ambition:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  5. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  7. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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