Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core

Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core

Legendary Artifact // Legendary Land

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

Draw a card, then discard a card.

activated {T} — draws you 1 card

activated {T} —

Transform Matzalantli. Activate only if there are four or more permanent types among cards in your graveyard.

activated {4}, {T} —

(Transforms from Matzalantli.)
Add X mana of any one color, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.

activated {T} — adds x mana

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, transform anything.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

put a permanent into a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  2. Worldslayer — Worldslayer puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  3. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  4. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  5. Ugin's Construct — Ugin's Construct puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  6. Wirefly Hive — Wirefly Hive puts cards into the graveyard, and Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  7. Giant's Boulder — When Giant's Boulder is in the graveyard, Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  8. Eye of Doom — When Eye of Doom is in the graveyard, Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  9. Unstable Obelisk — When Unstable Obelisk is in the graveyard, Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger
  10. Apocalypse Chime — When Apocalypse Chime is in the graveyard, Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core gets bigger

163 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land it grants abilities to — 1,237 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Mystic Skull // Mystic Monstrosity — Mystic Skull // Mystic Monstrosity gives Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core an extra ability
  2. Chromatic Lantern — Chromatic Lantern gives Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core an extra ability
  3. Petrified Hamlet — Petrified Hamlet gives Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core an extra ability

1,234 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Matzalantli is one).

When Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 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 (Matzalantli is one).

When Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core 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 (Matzalantli is one).

When Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core 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 card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Matzalantli is one).

When Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core makes a player draw a card:

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

57 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 (Matzalantli is one).

When Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core 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

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Matzalantli is one).

Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core:

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  9. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  10. Bound // Determined — puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Matzalantli is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  3. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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