Elspeth Resplendent

Elspeth Resplendent

Legendary Planeswalker — Elspeth

Mana cost: {3}{W}{W}

How we read this card

Choose up to one target creature. Put a +1/+1 counter and a counter from among flying, first strike, lifelink, or vigilance on it.

activated +1 — puts counters on it

activated +1 — puts counters on it

Look at the top seven cards of your library. You may put a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from among them onto the battlefield with a shield counter on it. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

activated −3 —

activated −3 — puts a counter on it

Create five 3/3 white Angel creature tokens with flying.

activated −7 — makes 5 tokens

Causes: put a counter on anything, put a permanent onto the battlefield, create an Angel creature token, put an Angel creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken permanent enters the battlefield — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When Elspeth Resplendent enters:

  1. Spot, Felis catus — makes a token
  2. Arbaaz Mir — deals 1 damage
  3. Cadric, Soul Kindler — makes a token

a permanent enters the battlefield — 152 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

  1. Dawn-Blessed Pennant — When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, Dawn-Blessed Pennant gains you 1 life
  2. Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary — When Elspeth Resplendent enters, Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary draws you 1 card
  3. Altar of the Brood — When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, Altar of the Brood mills a card
  4. Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful — When Elspeth Resplendent enters, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Amareth, the Lustrous — When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, Amareth, the Lustrous searches a library
  6. Rimefire Torque — When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, Rimefire Torque puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Eye of Singularity — When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, Eye of Singularity kills a permanent

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

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Healer — Way of the Healer gives Elspeth Resplendent an extra ability
  2. Deification — Deification gives Elspeth Resplendent hexproof

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

an Angel enters the battlefield — 354 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When an Angel enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent:

  1. Bishop of Wings — gains you 4 life
  2. Youthful Valkyrie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Seraph Sanctuary — gains you 1 life
  4. Righteous Valkyrie — gains you that creature's toughness life

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When Elspeth Resplendent is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When an Angel enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Elspeth Resplendent makes an Angel token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 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 (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When an Angel enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent:

  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 (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When Elspeth Resplendent makes an Angel 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.

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

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, All Will Be One deals that much damage
  2. Lonis, Genetics Expert — When Lonis, Genetics Expert gets a counter thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, it triggers

7 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 (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

When a permanent enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Glaring Fleshraker — deals 1 damage
  6. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  7. General Kreat, the Boltbringer — deals 1 damage
  8. Mogg Bombers — sacrifices itself
  9. Flame-Kin War Scout — sacrifices itself
  10. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

325 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 (Elspeth Resplendent is one).

  1. Tinybones Joins Up — When Tinybones Joins Up enters thanks to Elspeth Resplendent, it triggers

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