Essence Anchor

Essence Anchor

Artifact

Mana cost: {2}{U}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, surveil 1.

triggered — surveils

Create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token. Activate only during your turn and only if a card left your graveyard this turn.

activated {T} — makes a token

Causes: surveil, create a Druid creature token, create a Zombie creature token, put a Druid creature token onto the battlefield, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Essence Anchor is one).

When Essence Anchor surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

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

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Essence Anchor is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Essence Anchor:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Essence Anchor makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Essence Anchor makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — Essence Anchor makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Essence Anchor makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — Essence Anchor makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,715 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When a Zombie or Druid enters thanks to Essence Anchor:

  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 (Essence Anchor is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Essence Anchor makes a Zombie or Druid 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.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Essence Anchor is one).

When Essence Anchor is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 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 (Essence Anchor is one).

When a Zombie or Druid enters thanks to Essence Anchor:

  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 (Essence Anchor is one).

When Essence Anchor makes a Zombie or Druid 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.

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

When Essence Anchor enters:

  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

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

When Essence Anchor enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1

61 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 (Essence Anchor is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Essence Anchor puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back

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