Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Mendicant Core, Guidelight

Legendary Artifact Creature — Robot

Mana cost: {W}{U}

How we read this card

Mendicant Core's power is equal to the number of artifacts you control.

static — makes your creatures bigger

Start your engines!

triggered — raises your speed

Whenever you cast an artifact spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy it.

triggered — copies a spell

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: copy an artifact.

Cares about: an artifact is cast, life is lost, an artifact you control.

Works well with

an artifact attacks — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Mendicant Core is one).

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight attacks:

  1. Alibou, Ancient Witness — deals X damage
  2. Bio-Asset Allocator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Assaultron Dominator — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Aloy, Savior of Meridian — triggers

an artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Mendicant Core is one).

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Sharding Sphinx — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Research Thief — draws you 1 card
  5. Thopter Spy Network — draws you 1 card
  6. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  7. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

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

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Mendicant Core is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

make a player lose life — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Glaring Fleshraker — When Glaring Fleshraker makes a player lose life, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  2. Lux Artillery — When Lux Artillery makes a player lose life, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  3. Suture Priest — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Suture Priest, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  4. Bontu's Monument — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Bontu's Monument, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  5. Isolation Cell — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Isolation Cell, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  6. Sword of War and Peace — When Sword of War and Peace makes a player lose life, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  7. Sword of Fire and Ice — When Sword of Fire and Ice makes a player lose life, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  8. Mjölnir, Storm Hammer — When Mjölnir, Storm Hammer makes a player lose life, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  9. Soul Barrier — When Soul Barrier makes a player lose life, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  10. Quietus Spike — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Quietus Spike, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed

3,150 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sai, Master Thopterist — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Sai, Master Thopterist makes a token
  2. Ravenous Robots — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Ravenous Robots makes a token
  3. Pinnacle Emissary — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Pinnacle Emissary makes a token
  4. Mirrodin Besieged — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Mirrodin Besieged makes a token
  5. Poetic Ingenuity — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Poetic Ingenuity makes a token
  6. Digsite Engineer — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Digsite Engineer makes a token
  7. Myrsmith — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Myrsmith makes a token
  8. Riddlesmith — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Riddlesmith draws you 1 card
  9. Relic Amulet — When Relic Amulet is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  10. Chimeric Egg — When Chimeric Egg is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  11. Tome of Legends — When Tome of Legends is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  12. Canoptek Spyder — When Canoptek Spyder is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  13. Sword of Wealth and Power — When Sword of Wealth and Power is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  14. Cloudstone Curio — When Cloudstone Curio is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  15. Traxos, Scourge Eternal — When Traxos, Scourge Eternal is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  16. Monkey Cage — When Monkey Cage is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  17. Soultether Golem — When Soultether Golem is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  18. Contested Game Ball — When Contested Game Ball is cast, Mendicant Core, Guidelight copies a spell
  19. Dr. Madison Li — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Dr. Madison Li puts a counter on a permanent you control
  20. Biotransference — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Biotransference makes you lose life

2,743 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 (Mendicant Core is one).

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight 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

an artifact it boosts — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tempered Steel — Tempered Steel gives Mendicant Core, Guidelight bigger stats

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight 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.

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

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Mendicant Core is one).

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Mendicant Core is one).

  1. Tide of War — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature

27 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 (Mendicant Core is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight is cast, Primeval Bounty 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 (Mendicant Core is one).

When Mendicant Core, Guidelight enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

338 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 (Mendicant Core is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Mendicant Core, Guidelight enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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