Shimmering Barrier

Shimmering Barrier

Creature — Wall

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

Defender
First strike
Cycling {2}

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a creature is discarded — 206 cards in the game can cause this (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier makes a player discard a card:

  1. Wharf Infiltrator — makes a token
  2. Bone Miser — makes a token
  3. Hashaton, Scarab's Fist — makes a token
  4. Surly Badgersaur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer — brings a card back
  6. Conspiracy Theorist — brings a card back
  7. Veronica, Dissident Scribe — makes a token
  8. Green Goblin, Nemesis — puts a counter on a Goblin

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

a Wall creature it boosts — 229 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Fortified Area — Fortified Area gives Shimmering Barrier bigger stats

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

a Wall creature it grants abilities to — 229 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Rolling Stones — Rolling Stones gives Shimmering Barrier an extra ability

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

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

When Shimmering Barrier makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 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 (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier hits the graveyard:

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Voracious Brood — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  4. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  5. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers
  6. Sefris of the Hidden Ways — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 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 (Shimmering Barrier is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring it back
  2. Transplant Theorist — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Transplant Theorist can bring it back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  4. Wayward Angel — Shimmering Barrier fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Rescue from the Underworld — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Rescue from the Underworld can bring it back
  6. Victimize — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Victimize can bring it back
  7. Bound // Determined — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Bound // Determined can bring it back
  8. Enlightened Confidant — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Enlightened Confidant can bring it back
  9. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring it back
  10. Aerith, Last Ancient — When Shimmering Barrier is in the graveyard, Aerith, Last Ancient can bring it back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier hits the graveyard:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 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 (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers

127 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 (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Shimmering Barrier is one).

  1. Bloodbond March — When Shimmering Barrier is cast, Bloodbond March brings a card back

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Shimmering Barrier is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — When Shimmering Barrier enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token

32 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 (Shimmering Barrier is one).

When Shimmering Barrier enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

352 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 (Shimmering Barrier is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Shimmering Barrier enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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