Foundry Helix

Foundry Helix

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}{W}

How we read this card

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a permanent.

on-cast —

Foundry Helix deals 4 damage to any target. If the sacrificed permanent was an artifact, you gain 4 life.

on-cast — deals 4 damage

on-cast — gains you 4 life

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage, gain life.

Cares about: a permanent to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Foundry Helix, it triggers

a nontoken permanent is sacrificed — 108 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Foundry Helix:

  1. Skittering Precursor — makes a token
  2. Evendo Brushrazer — exiles a card from your library

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

a permanent is sacrificed — 109 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Foundry Helix:

  1. Scavenger's Talent — mills a card
  2. Sandbender Scavengers — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Popular Egotist — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Blood Aspirant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Slaughter-Priest of Mogis — gets +2/+0
  6. Merchant of Venom — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Sorcerer's Broom — makes a token
  8. Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz — gains you 2 life
  9. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

  1. Cosmic Rebirth — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Cosmic Rebirth can bring back
  2. Starving Revenant — Foundry Helix fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  3. Yuna's Decision — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Yuna's Decision can bring back
  4. Squirming Emergence — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard, and Squirming Emergence gets bigger
  5. Hologram Stalker — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Hologram Stalker can bring back
  6. Badlands Revival — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Badlands Revival can bring back
  7. Urborg Repossession — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Urborg Repossession can bring back
  8. Return of the Mole Man — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard, and Return of the Mole Man gets bigger
  9. Puca's Covenant — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Puca's Covenant can bring back
  10. Trystan's Command — Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that Trystan's Command can bring back

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

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Foundry Helix:

  1. Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
  2. Liability — makes a player lose 1 life

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Foundry Helix:

  1. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  2. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  3. Aetherworks Marvel — adds 1 mana
  4. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

  1. Genku, Future Shaper — When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Foundry Helix, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When a permanent leaves the battlefield thanks to Foundry Helix:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When Foundry Helix gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When Foundry Helix deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When Foundry Helix makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Foundry Helix is one).

When Foundry Helix is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  3. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

434 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 (Foundry Helix is one).

Foundry Helix puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — can bring back
  2. It That Betrays — can bring back
  3. Nazgûl Battle-Mace — can bring back

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