Illuminate History

Illuminate History

Sorcery — Lesson

Mana cost: {2}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Discard any number of cards, then draw that many cards. Then if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, create a 3/2 red and white Spirit creature token.

on-cast —

on-cast — draws you that many cards

on-cast — makes a token

Causes: discard a card, draw a card, create a Spirit creature token, put a Spirit creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Illuminate History is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Illuminate History:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Illuminate History is one).

When Illuminate History makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — Illuminate History makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — Illuminate History makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — Illuminate History makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Illuminate History is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Illuminate History:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Illuminate History is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Illuminate History makes a Spirit token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

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

When a Spirit enters thanks to Illuminate History:

  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 (Illuminate History is one).

When Illuminate History makes a Spirit 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 (Illuminate History is one).

When Illuminate History is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Illuminate History is one).

When Illuminate History makes a player draw a card:

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 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 (Illuminate History is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Bloodbond March — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — Illuminate History fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — Illuminate History puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back

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