Musician

Musician

Creature — Human Wizard

Mana cost: {2}{U}

How we read this card

Cumulative upkeep {1}
Put a music counter on target creature. If it doesn't have that ability it gains that ability.

activated {T} — puts a counter on it

activated {T} — grants a keyword

At the beginning of your upkeep, destroy this creature unless you pay {1} for each music counter on it,

triggered —

Causes: put a counter on a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a Wizard creature dies — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Expedition Diviner — When Musician is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Expedition Diviner draws you 1 card

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

When Musician is in the graveyard:

  1. Survivors' Bond — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Glory's Rise — can bring it back

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

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

When Musician is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Musician is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Musician is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Musician enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Musician enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

When you sacrifice Musician:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

When you sacrifice Musician:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

When a creature gets a counter thanks to Musician:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  3. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  4. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  6. Kros, Defense Contractor — triggers
  7. Rikku, Resourceful Guardian — triggers

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

When Musician is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Thwart the Grave — can bring it back
  3. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  5. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  6. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  7. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When Musician dies, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — When Musician dies, Vraska, the Silencer brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When Musician dies, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When Musician dies, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — When Musician dies, Yedora, Grave Gardener brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — When Musician dies, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — When Musician dies, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — When Musician dies, Decaying Soil brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — When Musician dies, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When Musician dies, Overseer of the Damned makes a token

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Musician is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Musician dies, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Musician dies, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Musician dies, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When Musician dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

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

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

  1. Ninja Teen — When Musician leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Musician is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Musician fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 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 (Musician is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Musician attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

151 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 (Musician is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Musician attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 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 (Musician is one).

When Musician enters:

  1. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — puts a counter on itself
  3. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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