The Brothers' War
Enchantment — Saga
Mana cost: {3}{R}
How we read this card
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Create two tapped Powerstone tokens.
triggered — makes 2 tokens
Choose two target players. Until your next turn, each creature they control attacks the other chosen player each combat if able.
This Saga deals X damage to any target and X damage to any other target, where X is the number of artifacts you control.
triggered — deals damage
triggered — deals damage
Causes: create a Powerstone artifact token, put a Powerstone artifact token onto the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage.
Cares about: an artifact you control.
Works well with
a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
When The Brothers' War is in the graveyard:
- Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
- Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back
an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
- Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice The Brothers' War, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card
an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
When The Brothers' War is in the graveyard:
- The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
- Lotus-Eye Mystics — can bring it back
- Builder's Talent — can bring it back
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
- Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
- Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
- Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
- Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
- Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
- Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring it back
104 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
When The Brothers' War is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:
- Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Knight of Doves — makes a token
- Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
- Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
- Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
- Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
When The Brothers' War deals noncombat damage:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library
36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
When The Brothers' War makes a player lose life:
- Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
- Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
- Aether Syphon — raises your speed
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
- Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
- Slick Imitator — raises your speed
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
- Lich's Mastery — triggers
46 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 (The Brothers' War is one).
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice The Brothers' War, 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 (The Brothers' War is one).
When The Brothers' War is cast:
- Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
- Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
- Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
- Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
- Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
- Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
- Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
- Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
- Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
- Artist's Talent — draws and discards
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 (The Brothers' War is one).
- Historian's Boon — When The Brothers' War enters, Historian's Boon makes a token
a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (The Brothers' War is one).
When a Powerstone enters thanks to The Brothers' War:
- Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
- Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
- Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
- Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
- Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared
7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.