The Chain Veil
Legendary Artifact
Mana cost: {4}
How we read this card
At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker this turn, you lose 2 life.
triggered —
- wants an end step
- makes make a player lose life
For each planeswalker you control, you may activate one of its loyalty abilities once this turn as though none of its loyalty abilities have been activated this turn.
activated {4}, {T} — extra loyalty
Causes: make a player lose life.
Cares about: an end step.
Works well with
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (The Chain Veil is one).
When The Chain Veil makes a player lose life:
- The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
- Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
- Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
- Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
- Lich's Mastery — triggers
- Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
- Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control
46 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 (The Chain Veil is one).
When The Chain Veil is cast:
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
- Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
- Ravenous Robots — makes a token
- Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
- Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
- Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
- Digsite Engineer — makes a token
- Myrsmith — makes a token
- Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
- Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control
271 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (The Chain Veil is one).
When The Chain Veil enters:
- Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
- The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
- Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
- Surge Conductor — proliferates
- Replication Specialist — makes a token
- Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
- Mirrorworks — makes a token
an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (The Chain Veil is one).
When The Chain Veil enters:
- Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
- Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
- Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
- Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Mechan Assembler — makes a token
- Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
- Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
- Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
- Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life
57 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 (The Chain Veil is one).
When The Chain Veil enters:
- HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
- Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control
39 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 (The Chain Veil is one).
When The Chain Veil is cast:
- Sokka, Bold Boomeranger — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Saheeli, Radiant Creator — puts a counter on a permanent you control
10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.