edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Energy Vortex

Energy Vortex

Enchantment

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}

How we read this card

As this enchantment enters, choose an opponent.
At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all vortex counters from this enchantment.

triggered —

At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless they pay {1} for each vortex counter on this enchantment.

triggered — deals 3 damage

Put X vortex counters on this enchantment. Activate only during your upkeep.

activated {X} — puts X counters on it

Causes: remove a counter from anything, anything deals noncombat damage, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Energy Vortex is one).

When Energy Vortex deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

37 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 (Energy Vortex is one).

When Energy Vortex makes a player lose life:

  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. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

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 (Energy Vortex is one).

When Energy Vortex is cast:

  1. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  3. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  4. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  6. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  7. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  8. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  9. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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 (Energy Vortex is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Energy Vortex enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

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

When Energy Vortex 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

63 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 (Energy Vortex is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Energy Vortex gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

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

anything is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Energy Vortex is one).

When a player is dealt damage thanks to Energy Vortex:

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. War Elemental — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Darien, King of Kjeldor — makes that many tokens
  4. Blood Hound — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Chandra's Spitfire — gets +3/+0
  6. Wildfire Elemental — gives +1/+0
  7. Master of Barbs — gives +1/+0
  8. Swarmborn Giant — sacrifices itself
  9. Risona, Asari Commander — triggers
  10. Azor's Elocutors — triggers

5 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 (Energy Vortex is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Energy Vortex enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice an Island or permanent

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