Founding the Third Path

Founding the Third Path

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

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You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value 1 or 2 from your hand without paying its mana cost.

triggered —

Target player mills four cards.

triggered — mills a card

Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy it. You may cast the copy.

triggered —

triggered — copies a spell

triggered —

Causes: cast an instant, cast a sorcery, mill a card, exile an instant, exile a sorcery, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, copy an instant, copy a sorcery.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a sorcery is copied — 83 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

When an instant is copied thanks to Founding the Third Path:

  1. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
  2. Storm-Kiln Artist — makes a token
  3. Professor Onyx — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Zaffai, Thunder Conductor — scries
  5. Deekah, Fractal Theorist — makes a token
  6. Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
  7. Sedgemoor Witch — makes a token
  8. Witherbloom Apprentice — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle — puts a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle onto the battlefield
  10. Ashling, Flame Dancer — draws and discards

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

an instant is copied — 87 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. Kalamax, the Stormsire — When an instant is copied thanks to Founding the Third Path, Kalamax, the Stormsire puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to Founding the Third Path, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice Founding the Third Path, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

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

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When Founding the Third Path makes a player mill a card, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Builder's Talent can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Emeria Shepherd can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Moment of Reckoning can bring it back
  8. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — Founding the Third Path puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  9. Serra Paragon — When Founding the Third Path is in the graveyard, Serra Paragon can bring it back
  10. Memory Vampire — Founding the Third Path puts cards into the graveyard that Memory Vampire can bring back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

When Founding the Third Path is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  2. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  3. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  5. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  7. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

2 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 (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When an instant or sorcery is exiled thanks to Founding the Third Path, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

When an instant or sorcery leaves a graveyard thanks to Founding the Third Path:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Founding the Third Path, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

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

  1. Death to Our Enemies — When an instant is cast thanks to Founding the Third Path, Death to Our Enemies makes a token
  2. Hallowed Haunting — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Hallowed Haunting makes a token
  3. Daxos the Returned — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Daxos the Returned puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Tatsunari, Toad Rider makes a token
  5. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Sythis, Harvest's Hand gains you 1 life
  6. Sigil of the Empty Throne — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Sigil of the Empty Throne makes a token
  7. Dawnhart Geist — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Dawnhart Geist gains you 2 life
  8. Herald of the Pantheon — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Herald of the Pantheon gains you 1 life
  9. Kami of Transience — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Kami of Transience puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Argothian Enchantress — When Founding the Third Path is cast, Argothian Enchantress draws you 1 card

255 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 (Founding the Third Path is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When an instant is cast thanks to Founding the Third Path, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana

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