Etchings of the Chosen

Etchings of the Chosen

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{W}{B}

How we read this card

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

static — gives +1/+1

Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn.

activated {1}, Sacrifice a creature of the chosen type —

activated {1}, Sacrifice a creature of the chosen type — grants a keyword

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice, a creature it boosts.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it draws you cards
  2. Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance — When Hei Bai, Spirit of Balance leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it puts counters on a creature
  3. Splinter, Aging Champion — When Splinter, Aging Champion leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it draws you 1 card
  4. Yes Man, Personal Securitron — When Yes Man, Personal Securitron leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it makes a token
  5. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it makes its power tokens
  6. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it exiles a Synth you control
  7. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it triggers
  8. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it has the Ring tempt you
  9. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it exiles a Nightmare
  10. Merieke Ri Berit — When Merieke Ri Berit leaves the battlefield thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it kills a creature

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

Etchings of the Chosen puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 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 (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it draws you 1 card
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it draws you 1 card
  9. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it triggers
  10. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it triggers

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Etchings of the Chosen:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

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

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature of the chosen type to Etchings of the Chosen, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Etchings of the Chosen, it exiles itself

90 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 (Etchings of the Chosen is one).

Etchings of the Chosen:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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