The Deck of Many Things

The Deck of Many Things

Legendary Artifact

Mana cost: {5}

How we read this card

Roll a d20 and subtract the number of cards in your hand. If the result is 0 or less, discard your hand.

activated {2}, {T} —

1—9 | Return a card at random from your graveyard to your hand.

static — brings a card back

10—19 | Draw two cards.

static — draws you 2 cards

20 | Put a creature card from any graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

static — brings a card back

When that creature dies, its owner loses the game.

triggered —

Causes: discard a card, anything leaves a graveyard, draw a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, a player loses the game.

Cares about: a creature dies, a card in a graveyard, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a player loses the game — 41 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

When The Deck of Many Things makes a player lose the game:

  1. Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound — puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Sengir, the Dark Baron — gains you that player's life total as the turn began life
  3. Blood Tyrant — puts 5 +1/+1 counters on itself
  4. Curse of Vengeance — gains you X life
  5. Stunning Reversal — draws you 7 cards
  6. Share the Spoils — exiles a card from a library

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to The Deck of Many Things:

  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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

When The Deck of Many Things makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

When The Deck of Many Things leaves a graveyard:

  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.

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  2. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  3. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — Dead-Iron Sledge puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  5. Ultima Weapon — Ultima Weapon puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  6. Relic Vial — Relic Vial puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  7. Acidic Dagger — Acidic Dagger puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  8. Basalt Golem — Basalt Golem puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  9. Spawning Pit — Spawning Pit puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  10. Portal to Phyrexia — Portal to Phyrexia puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

When The Deck of Many Things is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. 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 Deck of Many Things is one).

When The Deck of Many Things enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

When The Deck of Many Things 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

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

put a card into a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sword of the Ages — When Sword of the Ages is in the graveyard, The Deck of Many Things can bring it back
  2. Lotus Ring — When Lotus Ring is in the graveyard, The Deck of Many Things can bring it back
  3. The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale — When The Tabernacle at Pendrell Vale is in the graveyard, The Deck of Many Things can bring it back
  4. Deathless Behemoth — Deathless Behemoth puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  5. Hand of Emrakul — Hand of Emrakul puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back

7,584 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Deck of Many Things is one).

  1. Fell Specter — When Fell Specter enters thanks to The Deck of Many Things, it makes an opponent discard a card

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