Test of Loyalty

Test of Loyalty

Sorcery

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

Plain, Simple Garak — Exile target card from a graveyard. Draw a card.

on-cast — hits a graveyard

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Of the Obsidian Order — Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

on-cast — brings a card back

Causes: you face a dilemma, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, draw a card, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Loyalty is one).

When Test of Loyalty poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Loyalty is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Test of Loyalty:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

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

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Test of Loyalty, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Test of Loyalty:

  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 in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Loyalty is one).

  1. Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  2. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — Caesar, Legion's Emperor puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  4. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  5. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  6. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  7. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  8. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back
  9. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Test of Loyalty can bring back

2,760 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Loyalty is one).

When Test of Loyalty is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 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 (Test of Loyalty is one).

When Test of Loyalty makes a player draw a card:

  1. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  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.

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Loyalty is one).

When Test of Loyalty is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

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