Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Legendary Creature — Nightmare Beast

Mana cost: {1}{W}{B}{G}

How we read this card

Each other creature you control enters with an additional vigilance counter on it.

static — arrives with counters

Mill three cards, then return a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

activated {3}, Remove three counters from among creatures you control —

activated {3}, Remove three counters from among creatures you control — mills a card

activated {3}, Remove three counters from among creatures you control — brings a card back

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: put a counter on a creature, remove a counter from a creature, mill a card, put a permanent onto the battlefield, a permanent leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard, a creature it applies enters with counters to.

Works well with

a creature loses a counter — 1 card in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

  1. Protean Hydra — When Protean Hydra loses a counter thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it puts 2 counters on a permanent

a nontoken permanent enters the battlefield — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters:

  1. Spot, Felis catus — makes a token
  2. Arbaaz Mir — deals 1 damage
  3. Cadric, Soul Kindler — makes a token

a Nightmare enters the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

  1. Umbris, Fear Manifest — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters, Umbris, Fear Manifest exiles a card from an opponent's library

a permanent enters the battlefield — 152 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

  1. Dawn-Blessed Pennant — When a permanent enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Dawn-Blessed Pennant gains you 1 life
  2. River Kelpie — When a permanent enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, River Kelpie draws you 1 card
  3. Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters, Jean-Luc Picard, Luminary draws you 1 card
  4. Altar of the Brood — When a permanent enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Altar of the Brood mills a card
  5. Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters, Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Amareth, the Lustrous — When a permanent enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Amareth, the Lustrous searches a library
  7. Rimefire Torque — When a permanent enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Rimefire Torque puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Harmonic Sliver — When Harmonic Sliver enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it kills an artifact or enchantment an opponent controls
  9. Eye of Singularity — When a permanent enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Eye of Singularity kills a permanent

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

put a permanent into a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  2. Lich — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  3. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  4. Worldslayer — Worldslayer puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  5. Spirit-Sister's Call — Spirit-Sister's Call puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  6. Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh — Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  7. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  8. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  9. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard that Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring back
  10. Ygra, Eater of All — When Ygra, Eater of All is in the graveyard, Tayam, Luminous Enigma can bring it back

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

a Beast creature is cast — 587 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

  1. Tawnos, the Toymaker — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma is cast, Tawnos, the Toymaker copies a spell

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters:

  1. Totem Speaker — gains you 3 life
  2. Wirewood Savage — draws you 1 card
  3. Woodland Liege — draws you 1 card
  4. Aether Charge — deals 4 damage

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

When a permanent leaves a graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Tayam is one).

When a creature gets a counter thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  3. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  4. Rikku, Resourceful Guardian — triggers

57 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 (Tayam is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a creature gets a counter thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, All Will Be One deals that much damage
  2. Aragorn, Company Leader — When Aragorn, Company Leader gets a counter thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it puts counters on itself

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 (Tayam is one).

Tayam, Luminous Enigma:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring 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 (Tayam is one).

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Quest for Ancient Secrets puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Planar Void hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Measure of Wickedness gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, Energy Field sacrifices itself
  5. Dread — When Dread hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it triggers
  6. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre — When Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it triggers
  7. Hostility — When Hostility hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it triggers
  8. Worldspine Wurm — When Worldspine Wurm hits the graveyard thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it triggers

13 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 (Tayam is one).

  1. Scurry Oak — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters, Scurry Oak puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters, Fathom Mage puts a counter on itself
  3. Defiant Greatmaw — When Defiant Greatmaw enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it puts 2 counters on a creature
  4. Lonis, Genetics Expert — When Tayam, Luminous Enigma enters, Lonis, Genetics Expert puts a counter on itself
  5. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Thieves' Guild Enforcer enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it mills a card
  6. Generous Patron — When Generous Patron enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it puts a counter on a creature

3,030 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 (Tayam is one).

  1. Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 — When Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 enters thanks to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, it makes a token

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