Spirit Bonds

Spirit Bonds

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, you may pay {W}. If you do, create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

triggered — makes a token

Target non-Spirit creature gains indestructible until end of turn.

activated {1}{W}, Sacrifice a Spirit —

activated {1}{W}, Sacrifice a Spirit — grants a keyword

Causes: create a Spirit creature token, put a Spirit creature token onto the battlefield, sacrifice a Spirit, a Spirit is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a nontoken creature enters the battlefield, a Spirit to sacrifice.

Works well with

a nontoken Spirit is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When you sacrifice a Spirit to Spirit Bonds, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a Spirit in a graveyard — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Iname, Life Aspect — can bring back
  2. Angel of Flight Alabaster — can bring back

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Spirit Bonds:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Spirit Bonds:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Spirit Bonds makes a Spirit token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

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

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice a Spirit to Spirit Bonds, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

3 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 (Spirit Bonds is one).

When Spirit Bonds is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  3. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  5. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  6. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  7. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  8. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  9. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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 (Spirit Bonds is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Spirit Bonds enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Spirit Bonds:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

When Spirit Bonds makes a Spirit token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an enchantment it grants abilities to — 3,713 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor — Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor gives Spirit Bonds an extra ability
  2. Greater Auramancy — Greater Auramancy gives Spirit Bonds shroud

3,711 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast — 3,713 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Mana Matrix — Mana Matrix reduces what Spirit Bonds costs

3,712 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment it applies animate to — 3,713 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Opalescence — Opalescence gives Spirit Bonds life as a creature

3,712 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Spirit Bonds 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

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

  1. Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When you sacrifice a Spirit to Spirit Bonds, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature

11 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 (Spirit Bonds is one).

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Transplant Theorist — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Wayward Angel — Spirit Bonds fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Rescue from the Underworld — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  6. Victimize — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  7. Bound // Determined — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back
  8. Enlightened Confidant — Spirit Bonds puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  9. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Spirit Bonds fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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

put a nontoken creature onto the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this.

When a creature enters thanks to:

  1. Acrobatic Maneuver — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  2. Surprise Deployment — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  3. Slip On the Ring — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  4. Cloudshift — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  5. Eerie Interlude — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  6. Ephemerate — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  7. Ghostway — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  8. Justiciar's Portal — Spirit Bonds makes a token
  9. Liberate — Spirit Bonds makes a token

18,439 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Spirit Bonds is one).

When a Spirit enters thanks to Spirit Bonds:

  1. Airbender Ascension — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Enduring Innocence — draws you 1 card
  3. Enduring Courage — gives +2/+0

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