Escape Protocol

Escape Protocol

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Whenever you cycle a card, you may pay {1}.
When you do, exile target artifact or creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a creature, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, put an artifact onto the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

When an artifact is exiled thanks to Escape Protocol:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Escape Protocol, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Escape Protocol, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Escape Protocol:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When an artifact leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

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

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature or artifact is exiled thanks to Escape Protocol, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

When Escape Protocol is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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 (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Escape Protocol enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

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

When Escape Protocol 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

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

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Escape Protocol:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Escape Protocol, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Escape Protocol is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Escape Protocol:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  3. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Mechan Assembler — makes a token

60 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 (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. Airbender Ascension — When a creature enters thanks to Escape Protocol, Airbender Ascension puts a quest counter on itself

322 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 (Escape Protocol is one).

  1. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Escape Protocol, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2
  2. Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus — When Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus enters thanks to Escape Protocol, it triggers

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