Polygraph Orb

Polygraph Orb

Artifact

Mana cost: {4}{B}

How we read this card

When this artifact enters, look at the top four cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. You lose 2 life.

triggered — puts cards into your hand

triggered — mills a card

triggered —

Each opponent loses 3 life unless they discard a card or sacrifice a creature.

activated {2}, {T}, Collect evidence 3 — makes each opponent lose 3 life

activated {2}, {T}, Collect evidence 3 —

activated {2}, {T}, Collect evidence 3 —

Causes: mill a card, make a player lose life, discard a card, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Polygraph Orb is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Polygraph Orb, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Polygraph Orb is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Polygraph Orb:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Polygraph Orb is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Polygraph Orb:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Polygraph Orb is one).

When Polygraph Orb makes a player discard a card:

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  2. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  4. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  5. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  6. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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

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

Polygraph Orb puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Polygraph Orb is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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 (Polygraph Orb is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, it triggers
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  9. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, it makes you lose life
  10. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, it exiles itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Polygraph Orb is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Polygraph Orb:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  4. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Polygraph Orb is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Polygraph Orb, it exiles itself

17 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 (Polygraph Orb is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Polygraph Orb fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  2. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Polygraph Orb puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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