Path of the Schemer

Path of the Schemer

Sorcery

Mana cost: {4}{B}

How we read this card

Each player mills two cards. Then you put a creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It's an artifact in addition to its other types.

on-cast — mills a card

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast — changes what something is

Starting with you, each player votes for planeswalk or chaos. If planeswalk gets more votes, planeswalk. If chaos gets more votes or the vote is tied, chaos ensues.

on-cast —

Causes: mill a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, vote.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

you vote — 30 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

When Path of the Schemer holds a vote:

  1. Sail into the West — brings a card back
  2. Erestor of the Council — makes a token
  3. Grudge Keeper — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Model of Unity — scries

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When Path of the Schemer makes a player mill a card, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Path of the Schemer:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Path of the Schemer:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

When Path of the Schemer is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 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 (Path of the Schemer is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Fire Nation Salvagers — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Fire Nation Salvagers can bring back
  5. Bloodbond March — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Path of the Schemer fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Path of the Schemer puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Path of the Schemer:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  5. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — When a creature enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, Riku of Two Reflections makes a token

32 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 (Path of the Schemer is one).

  1. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it makes 2 tokens
  2. Conciliator's Duelist — When Conciliator's Duelist enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it draws you 1 card
  3. Colossal Grave-Reaver — When Colossal Grave-Reaver enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it mills a card
  4. Twilight Shepherd — When Twilight Shepherd enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it brings a card back
  5. Deluge Virtuoso — When Deluge Virtuoso enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it taps a creature an opponent controls
  6. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it puts a land onto the battlefield

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Path of the Schemer is one).

  1. The Reaper, King No More — When The Reaper, King No More enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it puts a counter on a creature
  2. Rosheen, Roaring Prophet — When Rosheen, Roaring Prophet enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it mills a card
  3. Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette — When Pigment Wrangler // Striking Palette enters thanks to Path of the Schemer, it becomes prepared

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