Implement of Improvement

Implement of Improvement

Artifact

Mana cost: {1}

How we read this card

You gain 2 life.

activated {W}, Sacrifice this artifact —

activated {W}, Sacrifice this artifact — gains you 2 life

When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

Causes: sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, gain life, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

When you sacrifice Implement of Improvement:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Magnetic Snuffler — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  6. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  7. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  8. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

When Implement of Improvement is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Trading Post — can bring it back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  10. Scrap Welder — can bring it back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

When Implement of Improvement hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tezzeret's Touch — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Tezzeret's Touch brings a card back
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Krenko, Baron of Tin Street makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Gremlin Infestation makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Summoning Station untaps itself
  8. Marionette Master — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Marionette Master makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  9. Fangren Marauder — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Fangren Marauder gains you 5 life
  10. Disciple of the Vault — When Implement of Improvement is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Disciple of the Vault makes each opponent lose 1 life
  11. Chrome Dome — Chrome Dome's copy of Implement of Improvement is sacrificed at end of turn, and the copy's own death ability triggers

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Implement of Improvement leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

When Implement of Improvement 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. Amalia Benavides Aguirre — kills a creature

84 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 (Implement of Improvement is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Implement of Improvement, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

When Implement of Improvement is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  7. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  8. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  9. Myrsmith — makes a token
  10. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Implement of Improvement is one).

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — When Implement of Improvement enters, Ultron, Artificial Malevolence makes a token

6 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 (Implement of Improvement is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Implement of Improvement makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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