Oath of Mages

Oath of Mages

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player chooses target player who has more life than they do and is their opponent. The first player may have this enchantment deal 1 damage to the second player.

triggered — deals 1 damage

Causes: anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

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

When Oath of Mages 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. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph — deals 2 damage
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 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 (Oath of Mages is one).

When Oath of Mages makes a player lose life:

  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 enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Oath of Mages is one).

When Oath of Mages is cast:

  1. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  3. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  4. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  6. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  7. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  8. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  9. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Oath of Mages is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Oath of Mages enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

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

When Oath of Mages enters:

  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

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

anything is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Oath of Mages is one).

When an opponent is dealt damage thanks to Oath of Mages:

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. War Elemental — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Chandra's Spitfire — gets +3/+0
  4. Wildfire Elemental — gives +1/+0
  5. Master of Barbs — gives +1/+0

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