Sword of the Ages

Sword of the Ages

Artifact

Mana cost: {6}

How we read this card

This artifact enters tapped.
This artifact deals X damage to any target, where X is the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way, then exile this artifact and those creature cards.

activated {T}, Sacrifice this artifact and any number of creatures you control —

activated {T}, Sacrifice this artifact and any number of creatures you control — deals the total power of the creatures sacrificed this way damage

activated {T}, Sacrifice this artifact and any number of creatures you control —

Causes: sacrifice an artifact, sacrifice a creature, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies, anything deals noncombat damage, exile an artifact, exile a creature.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

When Sword of the Ages is exiled:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When Sword of the Ages is exiled, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

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

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

When you sacrifice Sword of the Ages:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Magnetic Snuffler — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  6. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  7. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  8. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. The War Games — When Sword of the Ages is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

When Sword of the Ages is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

2 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 (Sword of the Ages is one).

When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard:

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

When Sword of the Ages is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  4. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

3 other cards care 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 (Sword of the Ages is one).

When Sword of the Ages hits the graveyard:

  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 (Sword of the Ages is one).

When Sword of the Ages is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  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. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  6. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  7. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  8. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  9. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Moriok Rigger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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 (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Sword of the Ages leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Sword of the Ages is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When Sword of the Ages makes a player lose life, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed

55 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 (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. Krile Baldesion — When Sword of the Ages is cast, Krile Baldesion brings a card back

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

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

  1. Golbez, Crystal Collector — When Sword of the Ages enters, Golbez, Crystal Collector surveils

73 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 (Sword of the Ages is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back
  2. Aerith, Last Ancient — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, Aerith, Last Ancient can bring it back
  3. The Deck of Many Things — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, The Deck of Many Things can bring it back
  4. Havi, the All-Father — Sword of the Ages fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  5. Zuko's Conviction — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, Zuko's Conviction can bring it back
  6. Stitch Together — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, Stitch Together can bring it back
  7. Back for Seconds — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, Back for Seconds can bring it back
  8. Decaying Soil — Sword of the Ages fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Decaying Soil needs
  9. Sibsig Muckdraggers — Sword of the Ages fills the graveyard Sibsig Muckdraggers delves from
  10. Afterlife from the Loam — Sword of the Ages fills the graveyard Afterlife from the Loam delves from

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