Lightning Coils

Lightning Coils

Artifact

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, put a charge counter on this artifact.

triggered — puts a counter on it

At the beginning of your upkeep, if this artifact has five or more charge counters on it, remove all of them from it and create that many 3/1 red Elemental creature tokens with haste. Exile them at the beginning of the next end step.

triggered —

triggered — makes that many tokens

Causes: put a counter on anything, remove a counter from anything, create an Elemental creature token, put an Elemental creature token onto the battlefield, an Elemental creature token leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a nontoken creature dies, an upkeep.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When an Elemental leaves the battlefield thanks to Lightning Coils, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

When an Elemental leaves the battlefield thanks to Lightning Coils:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

When an Elemental leaves the battlefield thanks to Lightning Coils:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

When an Elemental enters thanks to Lightning Coils:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

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

When an Elemental enters thanks to Lightning Coils:

  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 (Lightning Coils is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Lightning Coils makes an Elemental 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 artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

When Lightning Coils is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

271 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 (Lightning Coils is one).

When an Elemental enters thanks to Lightning Coils:

  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 (Lightning Coils is one).

When Lightning Coils makes an Elemental 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 nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

When Lightning Coils enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

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

When an Elemental leaves the battlefield thanks to Lightning Coils:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — scries
  7. Ninth Bridge Patrol — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — triggers

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

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Lightning Coils gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Lightning Coils is one).

When Lightning Coils enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1

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