Kess, Dissident Mage

Kess, Dissident Mage

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Mana cost: {1}{U}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Flying
Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

static — brings a card back

static —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: cast an instant, cast a sorcery, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard, exile a spell, a spell leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

an instant in a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. Makeshift Mannequin — When Makeshift Mannequin is in the graveyard, Kess, Dissident Mage can bring it back
  2. Supper for Spiders — When Supper for Spiders is in the graveyard, Kess, Dissident Mage can bring it back

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

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Kess, Dissident Mage enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Kess, Dissident Mage enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Kess, Dissident Mage is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

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

When an instant or sorcery leaves a graveyard thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage:

  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 sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana
  2. Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  3. Riku of Two Reflections — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  4. Sword of Wealth and Power — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell
  5. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot gets +1/+1
  6. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar brings a card back
  7. Metallurgic Summonings — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Metallurgic Summonings makes a token
  8. Storm-Kiln Artist — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Storm-Kiln Artist makes a token
  9. Niblis of Frost — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Niblis of Frost taps a creature an opponent controls
  10. Mica, Reader of Ruins — When an instant is cast thanks to Kess, Dissident Mage, Mica, Reader of Ruins sacrifices an artifact

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Kess, Dissident Mage attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Kess is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Kess, Dissident Mage is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

90 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 (Kess is one).

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — When Kess, Dissident Mage enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself

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