Semester's End

Semester's End

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{W}

How we read this card

Exile any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers you control.

on-cast —

At the beginning of the next end step, return each of them to the battlefield under its owner's control. Each of them enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it if it's a creature and an additional loyalty counter on it if it's a planeswalker.

triggered — blinks a permanent

triggered — arrives with counters

triggered — arrives with counters

Causes: exile a creature, exile a planeswalker, a creature leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: an end step.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, it triggers

a planeswalker is exiled — 231 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Semester's End, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Semester's End, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to Semester's End, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Semester's End, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to Semester's End, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to Semester's End, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to Semester's End, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature or planeswalker is exiled thanks to Semester's End, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

When Semester's End is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Taeko, the Patient Avalanche scries
  7. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, it triggers
  8. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Sally Sparrow triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Semester's End, Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior triggers

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

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Semester's End is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to Semester's End, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 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 (Semester's End is one).

  1. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Semester's End, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2
  2. Caradora, Heart of Alacria — When Caradora, Heart of Alacria enters thanks to Semester's End, it searches a library
  3. Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — When Sokka, Bold Boomeranger enters thanks to Semester's End, it draws and discards
  4. Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea — When Sanar, Unfinished Genius // Wild Idea enters thanks to Semester's End, it becomes prepared

22 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 (Semester's End is one).

When Semester's End is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

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