Palantír of Orthanc

Palantír of Orthanc

Legendary Artifact

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your end step, put an influence counter on Palantír of Orthanc and scry 2. Then target opponent may have you draw a card. If that player doesn't, you mill X cards, where X is the number of influence counters on Palantír of Orthanc, and that player loses life equal to the total mana value of those cards.

triggered — puts a counter on it

triggered — scries

triggered — draws you 1 card

triggered — mills a card

triggered — makes each opponent lose life equal to the total mana value of those cards

Causes: put a counter on anything, scry, draw a card, mill a card, make a player lose life.

Cares about: an end step.

Works well with

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

When Palantír of Orthanc scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

10 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 (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Palantír of Orthanc:

  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 (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

When Palantír of Orthanc 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 (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

When Palantír of Orthanc 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 (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

When Palantír of Orthanc 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.

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Palantír of Orthanc gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 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 (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

When Palantír of Orthanc 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
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

58 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 (Palantír of Orthanc is one).

Palantír of Orthanc puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — can bring back

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