Test of Priorities

Test of Priorities

Instant

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Power to Engines — Surveil 2, then draw a card.

on-cast — surveils

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Power to Life Support — Exile target creature you control. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

on-cast —

on-cast — blinks a permanent

Causes: you face a dilemma, surveil, draw a card, exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, it draws you cards
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, it triggers

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

When Test of Priorities surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

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

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

When Test of Priorities 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 nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, The War Games exiles a Warrior

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

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Test of Priorities, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

1 other card cares 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 Priorities is one).

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

When Test of Priorities makes a player draw a card:

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

When Test of Priorities is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Bill Potts — copies an ability
  5. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  6. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  7. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  8. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Test of Priorities is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Extractor Demon mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, it triggers
  7. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  8. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Test of Priorities, Sally Sparrow triggers

21 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 (Test of Priorities is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Test of Priorities puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

443 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 (Test of Priorities is one).

  1. Orcish Bowmasters — When Orcish Bowmasters enters thanks to Test of Priorities, it deals 1 damage
  2. Quantum Riddler — When Quantum Riddler enters thanks to Test of Priorities, it draws you 1 card
  3. Precursor Golem — When Precursor Golem enters thanks to Test of Priorities, it makes 2 tokens

349 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 (Test of Priorities is one).

  1. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Test of Priorities, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2

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