Phoenix Down

Phoenix Down

Artifact

Mana cost: {W}

How we read this card

Choose one —

activated {1}{W}, {T}, Exile this artifact —

activated {1}{W}, {T}, Exile this artifact —

Return target creature card with mana value 4 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

activated — brings a card back

Exile target Skeleton, Spirit, or Zombie.

activated —

Causes: exile an artifact, an artifact leaves the battlefield, you face a dilemma, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, exile a Skeleton, exile a Spirit, exile a Zombie, a Skeleton leaves the battlefield, a Spirit leaves the battlefield, a Zombie leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

When Phoenix Down is exiled:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When Phoenix Down is exiled, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

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 (Phoenix Down is one).

When Phoenix Down 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 leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Phoenix Down:

  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.

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Phoenix Down leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Phoenix Down is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Phoenix Down:

  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.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

When Phoenix Down is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  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 (Phoenix Down is one).

When Phoenix Down 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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Phoenix Down is one).

When Phoenix Down enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  6. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  7. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  8. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  9. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Mandible Justiciar — gets +1/+1

55 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 (Phoenix Down is one).

When a creature enters thanks to Phoenix Down:

  1. Riku of Two Reflections — makes a token
  2. Samwise Gamgee — makes a token
  3. Dual Nature — makes a token

30 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 (Phoenix Down is one).

  1. T'Challa, the Black Panther — When T'Challa, the Black Panther enters thanks to Phoenix Down, it makes a token
  2. Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus — When Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus enters thanks to Phoenix Down, it triggers

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