Nesting Dragon

Nesting Dragon

Creature — Dragon

Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Flying
Whenever a land you control enters, create a 0/2 red Dragon Egg creature token with defender and that ability

triggered — makes a token

When this token dies, create a 2/2 red Dragon creature token with flying and '{R}: This token gets +1/+0 until end of turn.'

Causes: create a Dragon creature token, create an Egg creature token, put a Dragon creature token onto the battlefield, put an Egg creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a land enters the battlefield.

Works well with

a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When Nesting Dragon attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. The Ur-Dragon — draws you that many cards
  4. Atarka, World Render — grants double strike
  5. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  6. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage
  7. Ojutai, Soul of Winter — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  8. Dromoka, the Eternal — puts a counter on a permanent

a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When Nesting Dragon deals combat damage:

  1. Parapet Thrasher — triggers
  2. Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
  3. Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers

a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When Nesting Dragon enters:

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Nesting Dragon counters as it enters

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

a Dragon creature it boosts — 523 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Crucible of Fire — Crucible of Fire gives Nesting Dragon bigger stats

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

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When a Dragon enters thanks to Nesting Dragon:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

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

put a land onto the battlefield — 1,560 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Staff of Titania — When a Forest or Dryad enters thanks to Staff of Titania, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  2. Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus — When a land enters thanks to Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  3. Sword of the Animist — When a land enters thanks to Sword of the Animist, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  4. Explorer's Scope — When a land enters thanks to Explorer's Scope, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  5. Dragon-Cursed Halls — When Dragon-Cursed Halls enters, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  6. Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak — When Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak enters, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  7. Barbarian Ring — When Barbarian Ring enters, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  8. Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon enters, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  9. Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn enters, Nesting Dragon makes a token
  10. Abstergo Entertainment — When Abstergo Entertainment enters, Nesting Dragon makes a token

1,550 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Industrial Advancement — Nesting Dragon makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  2. Divergent Transformations — Nesting Dragon makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  3. Transmogrify — Nesting Dragon makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,717 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Nesting Dragon makes a Dragon or Egg token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Nesting Dragon is one).

When Nesting Dragon makes a Dragon or Egg token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

17 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 (Nesting Dragon is one).

When Nesting Dragon 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

126 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 (Nesting Dragon is one).

When Nesting Dragon attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Saw — sacrifices a creature

200 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 (Nesting Dragon is one).

  1. Tide of War — When Nesting Dragon blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature

29 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 (Nesting Dragon is one).

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon, Slash, Reptile Rampager deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — When Nesting Dragon enters, Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon, The Neutrinos gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon, Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon, Aetherstorm Roc puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon, Raphael, Most Attitude exiles a card from your library

336 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 (Nesting Dragon is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Dragon or Egg enters thanks to Nesting Dragon, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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