Phyrexian Grimoire

Phyrexian Grimoire

Artifact — Book

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

Target opponent chooses one of the top two cards of your graveyard. Exile that card and put the other one into your hand.

activated {4}, {T} —

activated {4}, {T} — brings a card back

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

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

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Phyrexian Grimoire, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

When a permanent leaves a graveyard thanks to Phyrexian Grimoire:

  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 (Phyrexian Grimoire is one).

When Phyrexian Grimoire 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 (Phyrexian Grimoire is one).

When Phyrexian Grimoire 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 (Phyrexian Grimoire is one).

When Phyrexian Grimoire 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

55 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 (Phyrexian Grimoire is one).

  1. Windrider Wizard — Windrider Wizard puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  2. Master of Winds — Master of Winds puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  3. Nature's Wrath — When Nature's Wrath is in the graveyard, Phyrexian Grimoire can bring it back
  4. Samwise Gamgee — Samwise Gamgee puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  5. Liliana the Repentant — Liliana the Repentant puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  6. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  7. Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  8. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  9. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — Caesar, Legion's Emperor puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back
  10. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Phyrexian Grimoire can bring back

7,579 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 (Phyrexian Grimoire is one).

When Phyrexian Grimoire enters:

  1. HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
  2. Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Phyrexian Grimoire is one).

When Phyrexian Grimoire is cast:

  1. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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