Ninja's Blades

Ninja's Blades

Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

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Equipped creature gets +1/+1, is a Ninja in addition to its other types, and has that ability

static — gives +1/+1

static — changes what something is

static — grants a keyword

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, then discard a card. That player loses life equal to the discarded card's mana value.

triggered — draws you 1 card

triggered —

triggered — makes each opponent lose life equal to the discarded card's mana value

Equip {2}

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, make a player lose life.

Cares about: a Ninja creature it grants types to, a Ninja creature it grants abilities to.

Works well with

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Ninja's Blades enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

When Ninja's Blades enters:

  1. Puresteel Paladin — draws you 1 card
  2. Sokka and Suki — makes a token
  3. Barret, Avalanche Leader — makes a token
  4. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — draws you 1 card
  5. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  6. Hammer of Nazahn — triggers
  7. Sigarda's Aid — triggers

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

When Ninja's Blades makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Ninja's Blades:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

When Ninja's Blades is cast:

  1. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  2. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  3. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  4. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  5. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  6. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  7. Myrsmith — makes a token
  8. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  9. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  10. Biotransference — makes you lose life

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 (Ninja's Blades is one).

When Ninja's Blades 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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

When Ninja's Blades makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. The Locust God — makes a token
  4. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  6. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  7. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  8. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  9. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Ninja's Blades is one).

When Ninja's Blades 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

64 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 (Ninja's Blades is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Ninja's Blades puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back

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