Elspeth's Nightmare

Elspeth's Nightmare

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Destroy target creature an opponent controls with power 2 or less.

triggered —

Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a noncreature, nonland card from it. That player discards that card.

triggered —

Exile target opponent's graveyard.

triggered — hits a graveyard

Causes: a creature dies, discard an artifact, discard a battle, discard an enchantment, discard an instant, discard a planeswalker, discard a sorcery, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a battle is discarded — 15 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Waste Not — When an artifact makes a player discard a card thanks to Elspeth's Nightmare, Waste Not draws you 1 card

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

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice Elspeth's Nightmare, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Builder's Talent can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Emeria Shepherd can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Moment of Reckoning can bring it back
  8. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — Elspeth's Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  9. Serra Paragon — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Serra Paragon can bring it back
  10. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring it back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

When Elspeth's Nightmare is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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 (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

When an artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle makes a player discard a card thanks to Elspeth's Nightmare:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Elspeth's Nightmare, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

Elspeth's Nightmare puts cards into the:

  1. Tombstone Stairwell — graveyard, and Tombstone Stairwell gets bigger
  2. Necromancy — graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  4. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  5. Afterlife from the Loam — graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  6. Crypt Champion — graveyard that Crypt Champion can bring back
  7. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — graveyard that Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal can bring back
  8. Push // Pull — graveyard that Push // Pull can bring back
  9. Vivien on the Hunt — graveyard that Vivien on the Hunt can bring back
  10. Virtus's Maneuver — graveyard that Virtus's Maneuver can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Elspeth's Nightmare:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — When a creature dies thanks to Elspeth's Nightmare, Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity brings a card back

463 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 (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Krile Baldesion — When Elspeth's Nightmare is cast, Krile Baldesion brings a card back

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

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Strength from the Fallen — When Elspeth's Nightmare enters, Strength from the Fallen gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Elspeth's Nightmare, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 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 (Elspeth's Nightmare is one).

  1. Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer can bring it back
  2. Conspiracy Theorist — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Conspiracy Theorist can bring it back
  3. Pitchstone Wall — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Pitchstone Wall can bring it back
  4. Containment Construct — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Containment Construct can bring it back
  5. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Moonstone, Harsh Mistress can bring it back
  6. Aerith, Last Ancient — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Aerith, Last Ancient can bring it back
  7. Havi, the All-Father — Elspeth's Nightmare fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  8. Zuko's Conviction — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Zuko's Conviction can bring it back
  9. Stitch Together — When Elspeth's Nightmare is in the graveyard, Stitch Together can bring it back
  10. Sibsig Muckdraggers — Elspeth's Nightmare fills the graveyard Sibsig Muckdraggers delves from

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