Relic Bind

Relic Bind

Enchantment — Aura

Mana cost: {2}{U}

How we read this card

Enchant artifact an opponent controls
Whenever enchanted artifact becomes tapped, choose one —

triggered —

This Aura deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

triggered — deals 1 damage

Target player gains 1 life.

triggered — gains you 1 life

Causes: you face a dilemma, anything deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage, gain life.

Cares about: an artifact becomes tapped.

Works well with

tap an artifact — 88 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Junk Winder — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Junk Winder, Relic Bind triggers
  2. Shimmer Dragon — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Shimmer Dragon, Relic Bind deals 1 damage
  3. Vedalken Certarch — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Vedalken Certarch, Relic Bind triggers
  4. Braided Net // Braided Quipu — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Braided Net // Braided Quipu, Relic Bind triggers
  5. Tiller Engine — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Tiller Engine, Relic Bind triggers
  6. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Chandra, Chill of Compliance, Relic Bind triggers
  7. Kiora Bests the Sea God — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Kiora Bests the Sea God, Relic Bind triggers
  8. Whirler Rogue — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Whirler Rogue, Relic Bind deals 1 damage
  9. Mechanozoa — When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Mechanozoa, Relic Bind triggers
  10. Rust Tick — When Rust Tick becomes tapped, Relic Bind triggers

78 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind 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

an Aura enters the battlefield — 1,257 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind enters:

  1. Tanglespan Lookout — draws you 1 card
  2. Chishiro, the Shattered Blade — makes a token

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph — deals 2 damage
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 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 (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind makes a player lose life:

  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. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  3. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  4. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  5. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  7. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  8. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  9. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Relic Bind enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When Relic Bind enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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

anything is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Relic Bind is one).

When a player is dealt damage thanks to Relic Bind:

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. War Elemental — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Darien, King of Kjeldor — makes that many tokens
  4. Swarmborn Giant — sacrifices itself

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