Elder Brain

Elder Brain

Creature — Horror

Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
Whenever this creature attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

triggered —

triggered — draws you that many cards

triggered —

triggered —

Causes: exile a card, draw a card, play a land, cast a spell.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Elder Brain onto the battlefield from your library

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

a land is played — 97 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

When a land plays a land thanks to Elder Brain:

  1. Flubs, the Fool — draws you 1 card
  2. Infernal Sovereign — draws you 1 card
  3. Shadow of the Goblin — deals 1 damage
  4. Dirtcowl Wurm — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. The Endstone — draws you 1 card
  6. Horn of Greed — makes a player draw 1 card
  7. Pangosaur — triggers
  8. City of Traitors — sacrifices itself
  9. Burgeoning — puts a land onto the battlefield

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

a spell is cast — 155 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

When Elder Brain is cast:

  1. Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival — makes a token
  2. Rocco, Street Chef — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Urianger Augurelt — gains you 2 life
  4. Gwen Stacy // Ghost-Spider — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Glaring Fleshraker — makes a token
  6. The Kingpin of Crime — drains each opponent
  7. Kami of Celebration — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Leader's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Quintorius Kand — deals 2 damage
  10. Norin the Wary — flickers itself

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

a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

  1. Captain N'ghathrod — When Elder Brain deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

When Elder Brain 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. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted — deals 1 damage
  5. The Locust God — makes a token
  6. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  8. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  9. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  10. Orcish Bowmasters — deals 1 damage

57 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 (Elder Brain is one).

When Elder Brain attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers
  5. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  6. Gossip's Talent — triggers

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

When Elder Brain attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

  1. Tide of War — When Elder Brain blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Elder Brain is one).

When Elder Brain enters:

  1. Season of Growth — scries
  2. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  5. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  6. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  7. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

314 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 (Elder Brain is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Elder Brain enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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