Niko Aris

Niko Aris

Legendary Planeswalker — Niko

Mana cost: {X}{W}{U}{U}

How we read this card

When Niko Aris enters, create X Shard tokens.

triggered — makes X tokens

Up to one target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

activated +1 — restricts what can block it

Whenever that creature deals damage this turn, return it to its owner's hand.

triggered — bounce

Niko Aris deals 2 damage to target tapped creature for each card you've drawn this turn.

activated −1 — deals 2 damage

Create a Shard token.

activated −1 — makes a token

Causes: create a Shard enchantment token, put a Shard enchantment token onto the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature deals noncombat damage.

Works well with

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ichormoon Gauntlet — Ichormoon Gauntlet gives Niko Aris an extra ability
  2. Way of the Cryomancer — Way of the Cryomancer gives Niko Aris an extra ability
  3. Way of the Healer — Way of the Healer gives Niko Aris an extra ability
  4. Deification — Deification gives Niko Aris hexproof

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

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Niko Aris is one).

When Niko Aris is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  4. Defiler of Dreams — draws you 1 card
  5. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  6. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  7. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  8. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  9. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Niko Aris is one).

When a Shard enters thanks to Niko Aris:

  1. Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Niko Aris is one).

When Niko Aris deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

37 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 (Niko Aris is one).

When a Shard enters thanks to Niko Aris:

  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 (Niko Aris is one).

When Niko Aris makes a Shard 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.

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Niko Aris is one).

When a Shard enters thanks to Niko Aris:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Niko Aris is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

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

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, it triggers
  7. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  8. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Sally Sparrow triggers
  9. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niko Aris, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Niko Aris is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Niko Aris, Soul Link gains you that much life

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

put anything onto the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ajani, Outland Chaperone — When Niko Aris enters thanks to Ajani, Outland Chaperone, it makes X tokens

26,498 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.