Mindcrank

Mindcrank

Artifact

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

Whenever an opponent loses life, that player mills that many cards.

triggered — mills a card

Causes: mill a card.

Cares about: life is lost.

Works well with

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Mindcrank is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Mindcrank, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

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, Mindcrank mills a card
  2. Lux Artillery — When Lux Artillery makes a player lose life, Mindcrank mills a card
  3. Bontu's Monument — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Bontu's Monument, Mindcrank mills a card
  4. Isolation Cell — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Isolation Cell, Mindcrank mills a card
  5. Sword of War and Peace — When Sword of War and Peace makes a player lose life, Mindcrank mills a card
  6. Sword of Fire and Ice — When Sword of Fire and Ice makes a player lose life, Mindcrank mills a card
  7. Mjölnir, Storm Hammer — When Mjölnir, Storm Hammer makes a player lose life, Mindcrank mills a card
  8. Quietus Spike — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Quietus Spike, Mindcrank mills a card
  9. Scytheclaw — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Scytheclaw, Mindcrank mills a card
  10. Super State — When a creature makes a player lose life thanks to Super State, Mindcrank mills a card

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 (Mindcrank is one).

When Mindcrank 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 (Mindcrank is one).

When Mindcrank 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 enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Mindcrank is one).

When Mindcrank 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 (Mindcrank is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back
  2. Fire Nation Salvagers — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Fire Nation Salvagers can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Heart-Shaped Herb — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  5. Enlightened Confidant — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  6. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  7. Grazing Kelpie — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Grazing Kelpie can bring back
  8. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Mindcrank would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  9. Spurnmage Advocate — Mindcrank puts cards into the graveyard that Spurnmage Advocate can bring back
  10. Merfolk Windrobber — Mindcrank fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Merfolk Windrobber needs

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 (Mindcrank is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Mindcrank:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  5. Compost — draws you 1 card
  6. Planar Void — hits a graveyard

5 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 (Mindcrank is one).

When Mindcrank enters:

  1. HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
  2. Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control

53 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 (Mindcrank is one).

When Mindcrank 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.