edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur // Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Elder Dinosaur

Mana cost: {5}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Trample
When Etali enters, each player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast any number of spells from among the nonland cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.

triggered —

triggered —

Transform Etali. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {9}{G/P} —

Trample, indestructible
Whenever Etali deals combat damage to a player, they get that many poison counters.

triggered — puts that many counters on it

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a planeswalker, exile a sorcery, cast an artifact, cast a battle, cast a creature, cast an enchantment, cast an instant, cast a planeswalker, cast a sorcery, transform anything, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness onto the battlefield from your library

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

a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (Etali is one).

  1. Defiler of Instinct — When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is cast, Defiler of Instinct deals 1 damage
  2. Defiler of Vigor — When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is cast, Defiler of Vigor puts a counter on a creature
  3. Primeval Bounty — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Primeval Bounty puts 3 counters on a creature
  4. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer gets +1/+1
  5. Thor, God of Thunder — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Thor, God of Thunder deals that spell's mana value damage
  6. Krile Baldesion — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Krile Baldesion brings a card back
  7. Summon: Good King Mog XII — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Summon: Good King Mog XII makes a token
  8. Kykar, Wind's Fury — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Kykar, Wind's Fury makes a token
  9. Tellah, Great Sage — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Tellah, Great Sage makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Blood Funnel sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker is exiled — 231 cards in the game can cause this (Etali is one).

  1. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

a Dinosaur attacks — 263 cards in the game can cause this (Etali is one).

  1. Poetic Ingenuity — When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness attacks, Poetic Ingenuity makes that many tokens

a Dinosaur deals combat damage — 263 cards in the game can cause this (Etali is one).

  1. Curious Altisaur — When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness deals combat damage, Curious Altisaur draws you 1 card

a Dinosaur enters the battlefield — 276 cards in the game can cause this (Etali is one).

When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness enters:

  1. Forerunner of the Empire — deals 1 damage
  2. Belligerent Yearling — triggers
  3. Pantlaza, Sun-Favored — triggers

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

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

When an artifact is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness:

  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 (Etali is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, 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 planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Etali is one).

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
  3. Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness is cast, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers

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

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

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, The War Games exiles a Warrior

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

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

3 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 (Etali is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness, it triggers

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

When an enchantment is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness:

  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.

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

When an artifact is cast thanks to Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness:

  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. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  7. Myrsmith — makes a token
  8. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  9. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  10. Biotransference — makes you lose life

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