Flotsam // Jetsam

Flotsam // Jetsam

Instant // Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{G/U} // {4}{U/B}{U/B}

How we read this card

Mill three cards. Investigate.

on-cast — mills a card

on-cast —

Each opponent mills three cards, then you may cast a spell from each opponent's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If a spell cast this way would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

on-cast — mills a card

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast —

Causes: mill a card, create a Clue artifact token, put a Clue artifact token onto the battlefield, cast a spell, a spell leaves a graveyard, exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a spell in a graveyard.

Works well with

a spell is cast — 155 cards in the game can cause this (Flotsam is one).

  1. The Kingpin of Crime — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, The Kingpin of Crime drains each opponent
  2. Treasury Thrull — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Treasury Thrull drains each opponent
  3. Life Insurance — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Life Insurance drains each opponent
  4. Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate drains each opponent
  5. Syndicate Heavy — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Syndicate Heavy drains each opponent
  6. Norin the Wary — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Norin the Wary flickers itself
  7. Hunting Grounds — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Hunting Grounds puts a creature onto the battlefield
  8. Boromir, Warden of the Tower — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Boromir, Warden of the Tower counters a spell
  9. Desecration Elemental — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Desecration Elemental makes a player sacrifice a creature
  10. Deathbringer Liege — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Deathbringer Liege kills a creature an opponent controls

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

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Flotsam is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

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

  1. The War Doctor — When Flotsam // Jetsam is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Flotsam is one).

When a Clue enters thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam:

  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 (Flotsam is one).

When Flotsam // Jetsam makes a Clue 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 sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Flotsam is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana
  2. Spellweaver Volute — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  3. Riku of Two Reflections — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  4. Sword of Wealth and Power — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
  5. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot gets +1/+1
  6. Niblis of Frost — When a spell is cast thanks to Flotsam // Jetsam, Niblis of Frost gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Harness the Storm brings a card back
  9. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  10. Mica, Reader of Ruins — When Flotsam // Jetsam is cast, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact

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

an instant it makes cheaper to cast — 3,773 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser — Dirgur Focusmage // Braingeyser reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  2. Archmage of Runes — Archmage of Runes reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  3. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  4. Case of the Ransacked Lab — Case of the Ransacked Lab reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  5. Jace's Sanctum — Jace's Sanctum reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  6. Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death — Glamdring, Foe-hammer // Gleam of Death reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  7. Mindsplice Apparatus — Mindsplice Apparatus reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  8. Emerald Medallion — Emerald Medallion reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  9. Jet Medallion — Jet Medallion reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  10. Sapphire Medallion — Sapphire Medallion reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs

3,763 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Geist of Saint Thalia — Geist of Saint Thalia reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs
  2. Urza's Filter — Urza's Filter reduces what Flotsam // Jetsam costs

4,529 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty — Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty gives Flotsam // Jetsam cascade

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Flotsam is one).

Flotsam // Jetsam puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Elena, Turk Recruit — can bring back
  2. Quintorius Kand — can bring back
  3. Demigod of Revenge — can bring back

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