Restoration Specialist

Restoration Specialist

Creature — Dwarf Artificer

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

Return up to one target artifact card and up to one target enchantment card from your graveyard to your hand.

activated {W}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {W}, Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

activated {W}, Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, an artifact leaves a graveyard, an enchantment leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an artifact in a graveyard, an enchantment in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Dwarf deals combat damage — 221 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Thorin, Company's Leader — When Restoration Specialist deals combat damage, Thorin, Company's Leader makes 2 tokens

a nontoken Dwarf enters the battlefield — 222 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Fíli the Pathfinder — When Restoration Specialist enters, Fíli the Pathfinder makes a token

a Dwarf enters the battlefield — 229 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

When Restoration Specialist enters:

  1. Thorin, King of Durin's Folk — makes a token
  2. Kíli the Resourceful — draws you 1 card
  3. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  4. Balin, Loremaster — draws and discards

an artifact leaves a graveyard — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Imotekh the Stormlord — When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Restoration Specialist, Imotekh the Stormlord makes 2 tokens

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

an Artificer enters the battlefield — 342 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Inventor's Goggles — When Restoration Specialist enters, Inventor's Goggles triggers

an Artificer creature it grants types to — 343 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Machinist's Arsenal — Machinist's Arsenal gives Restoration Specialist an extra creature type

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

put an enchantment into a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Political Triumph — When Political Triumph is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  2. Case of the Uneaten Feast — When Case of the Uneaten Feast is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  3. Quest for the Holy Relic — When Quest for the Holy Relic is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  4. Ordeal of Heliod — When Ordeal of Heliod is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  5. Roads Go Ever, Ever On — When Roads Go Ever, Ever On is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  6. Mortal Obstinacy — When Mortal Obstinacy is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  7. Spiritual Asylum — When Spiritual Asylum is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — When Summon: Good King Mog XII is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  9. Charitable Levy — When Charitable Levy is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  10. Angelic Renewal — When Angelic Renewal is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back

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

put an artifact into a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Monkey Cage — When Monkey Cage is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  2. Straw Golem — When Straw Golem is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  3. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — When ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  4. Throwing Knife — When Throwing Knife is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  5. The Fantasticar — When The Fantasticar is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Heart-Shaped Herb is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  7. Trading Post — Trading Post puts cards into the graveyard that Restoration Specialist can bring back
  8. Dawn-Blessed Pennant — When Dawn-Blessed Pennant is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  9. Conjurer's Bauble — When Conjurer's Bauble is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back
  10. Codex Shredder — When Codex Shredder is in the graveyard, Restoration Specialist can bring it back

1,216 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When you sacrifice Restoration Specialist:

  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 (Restoration Specialist is one).

When you sacrifice Restoration Specialist:

  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.

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

When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Restoration Specialist:

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

When Restoration Specialist is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Dredger's Insight — can bring it back
  3. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  5. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  6. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  7. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it 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 (Restoration Specialist is one).

When Restoration Specialist dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Restoration Specialist is one).

When Restoration Specialist dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Restoration Specialist leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Restoration Specialist fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Restoration Specialist attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Restoration Specialist is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Restoration Specialist attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 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 (Restoration Specialist is one).

When Restoration Specialist enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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