The Eternal Wanderer

The Eternal Wanderer

Legendary Planeswalker

Mana cost: {4}{W}{W}

How we read this card

No more than one creature can attack The Eternal Wanderer each combat.
Exile up to one target artifact or creature. Return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of that player's next end step.

activated +1 —

activated +1 — blinks a permanent

Create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with double strike.

activated 0 — makes a token

For each player, choose a creature that player controls. Each player sacrifices all creatures they control not chosen this way.

activated −4 —

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a creature, an artifact leaves the battlefield, a creature leaves the battlefield, put an artifact onto the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, create a Samurai creature token, put a Samurai creature token onto the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, it has the Ring tempt you
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, it exiles a Nightmare

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Healer — Way of the Healer gives The Eternal Wanderer an extra ability
  2. Deification — Deification gives The Eternal Wanderer hexproof

310 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

When The Eternal Wanderer is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  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

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a creature enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a creature enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When an artifact enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a creature enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a creature enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to The Eternal Wanderer:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Eternal Wanderer:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Eternal Wanderer:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

20 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 (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature or artifact is exiled thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

The Eternal Wanderer puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Paleoloth — can bring back
  3. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  4. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  5. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  6. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  7. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  8. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back
  9. Ruthless Technomancer — can bring back
  10. Forum Necroscribe — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Eternal Wanderer:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. Psychomancer — When Psychomancer dies thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, it makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature dies thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature dies thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Kaya's Ghostform brings a card back

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When an artifact enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

71 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 (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

The Eternal Wanderer:

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

442 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 (The Eternal Wanderer is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to The Eternal Wanderer, it mills a card

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