Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass

Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass

Artifact // Artifact

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Flash
When this artifact enters, tap up to one target artifact or creature and put two stun counters on it.

triggered —

triggered — puts 2 counters on it

Craft with artifact {2}{U}
Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {1}, {T} —

Causes: tap an artifact, tap a creature, put a counter on anything, a creature explores.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a creature explores — 31 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When a creature explores thanks to Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass:

  1. Wildgrowth Walker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Merfolk Cave-Diver — gets +1/+0
  3. Lurking Chupacabra — shrinks a creature by -2/-2
  4. Shadowed Caravel — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact becomes tapped — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass becomes tapped:

  1. Powerleech — gains you 1 life
  2. Artifact Possession — deals 2 damage
  3. Haunting Wind — deals 1 damage
  4. Relic Putrescence — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Relic Bind — triggers

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When a creature becomes tapped thanks to Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass:

  1. Unctus, Grand Metatect — draws you 1 card
  2. Sharae of Numbing Depths — draws you 1 card
  3. Rewrite History — draws you 1 card
  4. Stinging Licid — deals 2 damage
  5. Gideon's Avenger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Icewrought Sentry — gets +2/+1
  7. Hawkeye's Bow — deals 1 damage
  8. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — triggers

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

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

  1. Master Pakku — When Master Pakku becomes tapped thanks to Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass, it mills a card

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass 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 nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass 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

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

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 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 (Lodestone Needle is one).

When Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass 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
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass enters:

  1. HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
  2. Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  3. Nature's Wrath — makes a player sacrifice an Island or permanent

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Lodestone Needle is one).

When Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass is cast:

  1. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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