Evolving Door

Evolving Door

Artifact

Mana cost: {2}{G}

How we read this card

Count the colors of the sacrificed creature, then search your library for a creature card that's exactly that many colors plus one. Exile that card, then shuffle. You may cast the exiled card. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature — searches a library

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, search creature , exile a creature, shuffle a library, cast a creature.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Evolving Door is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Evolving Door, it exiles a Nightmare

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

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

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

When a creature is exiled thanks to Evolving Door:

  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

1 other card cares 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 (Evolving Door is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door:

  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 (Evolving Door is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door:

  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

19 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 (Evolving Door is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Evolving Door, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Evolving Door, it triggers

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Evolving Door is one).

Evolving Door 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 (Evolving Door is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door:

  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 (Evolving Door is one).

  1. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Ob Nixilis, Unshackled puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Evolving Door, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  7. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Evolving Door, it draws you 1 card
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Evolving Door, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Evolving Door, it makes you lose life

451 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 (Evolving Door is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Evolving Door:

  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.

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

  1. Death to Our Enemies — When Evolving Door is cast, Death to Our Enemies makes a token

280 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 (Evolving Door is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Evolving Door, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

33 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 (Evolving Door is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Evolving Door, it exiles itself

16 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 (Evolving Door is one).

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

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