Obelisk of Alara

Obelisk of Alara

Artifact

Mana cost: {6}

How we read this card

You gain 5 life.

activated {1}{W}, {T} — gains you 5 life

Draw a card, then discard a card.

activated {1}{U}, {T} — draws you 1 card

activated {1}{U}, {T} —

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

activated {1}{B}, {T} — shrinks a creature by -2/-2

This artifact deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker.

activated {1}{R}, {T} — deals 3 damage

Target creature gets +4/+4 until end of turn.

activated {1}{G}, {T} — gives +4/+4

Causes: gain life, draw a card, discard a card, anything deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara 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. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 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 (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara 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.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara 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. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment

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 (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  3. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  4. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  5. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  6. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  7. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  8. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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 (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara 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 (Obelisk of Alara is one).

When Obelisk of Alara 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

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