Glissa's Retriever

Glissa's Retriever

Creature — Phyrexian Beast

Mana cost: {5}{G}

How we read this card

Haste, toxic 3
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.

static — restricts what can block it

When this creature dies, exile it.

triggered —

When you do, return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of opponents who have three or more poison counters.

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Glissa's Retriever onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Phyrexian attacks — 495 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. Vulpine Harvester — When Glissa's Retriever attacks, Vulpine Harvester brings a card back

a nontoken Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 496 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. Darksteel Splicer — When Glissa's Retriever enters, Darksteel Splicer makes a token

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When Glissa's Retriever enters, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

a Beast creature is cast — 587 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. Tawnos, the Toymaker — When Glissa's Retriever is cast, Tawnos, the Toymaker copies a spell

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever enters:

  1. Totem Speaker — gains you 3 life
  2. Wirewood Savage — draws you 1 card
  3. Woodland Liege — draws you 1 card
  4. Aether Charge — deals 4 damage

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. The War Games — When Glissa's Retriever is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever is exiled:

  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 creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 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 (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Glissa's Retriever is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Glissa's Retriever, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever leaves a graveyard:

  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.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

When Glissa's Retriever dies thanks to:

  1. Blasting Station — it exiles itself
  2. Hot Soup — it exiles itself
  3. Mortal Wound — it exiles itself
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — it exiles itself
  5. Relic Vial — it exiles itself
  6. Spawning Pit — it exiles itself
  7. Ooze Garden — it exiles itself
  8. Feed the Pack — it exiles itself
  9. Jinxed Ring — it exiles itself
  10. Bubbling Cauldron — it exiles itself

2,820 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Glissa's Retriever, All Will Be One deals that much damage

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

put a card into a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Splinterfright — Splinterfright puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  2. Territory Culler — Territory Culler puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  3. Weakstone — Weakstone puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  4. Scout the City — Scout the City puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  5. Wind Shear — Wind Shear puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  6. Whirlwind — Whirlwind puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  7. Crosswinds — Crosswinds puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  8. Bashful Beastie — Bashful Beastie puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  9. Burrowing Razormaw — Burrowing Razormaw puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  10. Mineshaft Spider — Mineshaft Spider puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back

7,579 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

When Glissa's Retriever enters:

  1. Lonis, Genetics Expert — puts a counter on itself
  2. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Glissa's Retriever is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Glissa's Retriever enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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