Orzhov Pontiff

Orzhov Pontiff

Creature — Human Cleric

Mana cost: {1}{W}{B}

How we read this card

Haunt
When this creature enters or the creature it haunts dies, choose one —

triggered —

Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.

triggered — gives +1/+1

triggered — gives +1/+1

Creatures you don't control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

triggered — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

triggered — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

a Cleric enters the battlefield — 722 cards in the game can cause this (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

  1. Cleric of Life's Bond — When Orzhov Pontiff enters, Cleric of Life's Bond gains you 1 life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

When Orzhov Pontiff poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

Orzhov Pontiff puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Orzhov Pontiff:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Orzhov Pontiff:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries

456 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 (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

When Orzhov Pontiff attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

146 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 (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Orzhov Pontiff attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

222 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 (Orzhov Pontiff is one).

When Orzhov Pontiff enters:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life

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