Gonti's Machinations

Gonti's Machinations

Enchantment

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get {E}.

triggered —

Pay {E}{E}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

static — makes each opponent lose 3 life

static —

static — gains you the life lost this way life

static — drains each opponent

Causes: put a counter on anything, make a player lose life, sacrifice an enchantment, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, gain life.

Cares about: life is lost.

Works well with

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti's Machinations is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice Gonti's Machinations, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti's Machinations is one).

When Gonti's Machinations is in the graveyard:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  8. Serra Paragon — can bring it back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it 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 (Gonti's Machinations is one).

When Gonti's Machinations is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

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

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti's Machinations is one).

When Gonti's Machinations 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.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Aether Syphon raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Vnwxt, Verbose Host raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Embalmed Ascendant raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Slick Imitator raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Nesting Bot raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Howlsquad Heavy raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Gonti's Machinations, Hour of Victory raises your speed
  11. Brainstealer Dragon — When Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  12. Poisonbelly Ogre — When a player makes a player lose life thanks to Poisonbelly Ogre, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  13. Wretched Anurid — When Wretched Anurid makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  14. Lich — When Lich makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  15. Tinybones Joins Up — When Tinybones Joins Up makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  16. Trespasser's Curse — When Trespasser's Curse makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  17. Carnival of Souls — When Carnival of Souls makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  18. Requiem Monolith — When Requiem Monolith makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  19. Binding Agony — When Binding Agony makes a player lose life, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control
  20. Spiteful Shadows — When a creature makes a player lose life thanks to Spiteful Shadows, Gonti's Machinations puts a counter on a permanent you control

727 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 (Gonti's Machinations is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Gonti's Machinations, 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 (Gonti's Machinations is one).

When Gonti's Machinations is cast:

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

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti's Machinations is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Gonti's Machinations enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Gonti's Machinations is one).

When Gonti's Machinations enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature

73 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 (Gonti's Machinations is one).

  1. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Gonti's Machinations fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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