Smelting Vat

Smelting Vat

Artifact

Mana cost: {4}

How we read this card

Reveal the top eight cards of your library. Put up to two noncreature artifact cards with total mana value less than or equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value from among them onto the battlefield and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice another artifact —

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice another artifact —

Causes: sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put an artifact onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an artifact to sacrifice.

Works well with

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Carrot Cake — When Carrot Cake is sacrificed thanks to Smelting Vat, it makes a token
  3. Heaped Harvest — When Heaped Harvest is sacrificed thanks to Smelting Vat, it searches a library
  4. Moonstone Eulogist — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Moonstone Eulogist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Magnetic Snuffler — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Magnetic Snuffler puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gleaming Geardrake — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Gleaming Geardrake puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Esoteric Duplicator — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Esoteric Duplicator makes a token
  8. Biotech Specialist — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Biotech Specialist deals 2 damage
  9. Jaws, Relentless Predator — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Jaws, Relentless Predator deals 1 damage
  10. Crime Novelist — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Crime Novelist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

Smelting Vat puts cards into the:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — graveyard that Loran, Disciple of History can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Trading Post — graveyard that Trading Post can bring back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  8. Goblin Engineer — graveyard that Goblin Engineer can bring back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — graveyard that Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer can bring back
  10. Scrap Welder — graveyard that Scrap Welder can bring back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

When an artifact hits the graveyard thanks to Smelting Vat:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat:

  1. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  8. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  9. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  10. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice another artifact to Smelting Vat, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

When Smelting Vat is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  7. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  8. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  9. Myrsmith — makes a token
  10. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Smelting Vat:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Smelting Vat is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Smelting Vat:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils

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