Elim Garak, Simple Tailor

Elim Garak, Simple Tailor

Legendary Creature — Cardassian Rogue

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
Whenever you face a dilemma, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

triggered — gains you 2 life

triggered — drains each opponent

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: make a player lose life, gain life.

Cares about: you face a dilemma.

Works well with

a Rogue attacks — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Soaring Thought-Thief — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor attacks, Soaring Thought-Thief mills a card

a Rogue deals combat damage — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Anowon, the Ruin Thief — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor deals combat damage, Anowon, the Ruin Thief mills a card

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

a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Cloak and Dagger — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers

a Rogue enters the battlefield — 659 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Shriveling Rot — When Shriveling Rot poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  2. Pip-Boy 3000 — When Pip-Boy 3000 poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Umezawa's Jitte — When Umezawa's Jitte poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Lost Jitte — When Lost Jitte poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  5. The Vision — When The Vision poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Vincent's Limit Break — When Vincent's Limit Break poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  7. Desperate Plea — When Desperate Plea poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Lobelia, Defender of Bag End — When Lobelia, Defender of Bag End poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  9. Resistance Is Futile — When Resistance Is Futile poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  10. Lord Skitter's Butcher — When Lord Skitter's Butcher poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life

729 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 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 (Elim Garak is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Elim Garak, Simple Tailor:

  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.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor attacks:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  8. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ — sacrifices an Aura

118 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 (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

181 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 (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token

1 other card cares 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 (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters:

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

312 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 (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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