Kobayashi Maru Scenario

Kobayashi Maru Scenario

Enchantment

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {1}{U}{U}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen —

triggered —

Hail — Return up to one target creature an opponent controls with mana value 3 or less to its owner's hand.

triggered — bounce

Sensors — Draw two cards.

triggered — draws you 2 cards

Transport — Create two 1/1 red Officer creature tokens.

triggered — makes 2 tokens

Abandon Ship — You lose the game.

triggered —

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card, create an Officer creature token, put an Officer creature token onto the battlefield, a player loses the game.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a player loses the game — 41 cards in the game can cause this (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

  1. Stunning Reversal — When Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes a player lose the game, Stunning Reversal draws you 7 cards

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

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When Kobayashi Maru Scenario poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

2,715 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 (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When an Officer enters thanks to Kobayashi Maru Scenario:

  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 (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes an Officer 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.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When Kobayashi Maru Scenario is cast:

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

  1. Historian's Boon — When Kobayashi Maru Scenario enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

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

When an Officer enters thanks to Kobayashi Maru Scenario:

  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 (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes an Officer 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.

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When Kobayashi Maru Scenario 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. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

68 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 (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When Kobayashi Maru Scenario makes a player draw a card:

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

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Kobayashi Maru Scenario, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Kobayashi Maru Scenario:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

25 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 (Kobayashi Maru Scenario is one).

When an Officer enters thanks to Kobayashi Maru Scenario:

  1. Airbender Ascension — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life

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