The Goose Mother

The Goose Mother

Legendary Creature — Bird Hydra

Mana cost: {X}{G}{U}

How we read this card

Flying
The Goose Mother enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

static — arrives with counters

When The Goose Mother enters, create half X Food tokens, rounded up.

triggered — makes half X, rounded up tokens

Whenever The Goose Mother attacks, you may sacrifice a Food. If you do, draw a card.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 1 card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: put a counter on anything, create a Food artifact token, put a Food artifact token onto the battlefield, sacrifice a Food, a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw a card.

Cares about: a Food to sacrifice.

Works well with

a Food is sacrificed — 58 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When a Food is sacrificed thanks to The Goose Mother:

  1. Rapacious Guest — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Sierra, Nuka's Biggest Fan — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of quest counters on ~
  3. Experimental Confectioner — makes a token
  4. Camellia, the Seedmiser — makes a token
  5. Unlucky Cabbage Merchant — searches a library
  6. Nuka-Cola Vending Machine — makes a token
  7. Trail of Crumbs — searches a library

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

a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 58 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Ygra, Eater of All — When a Food is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Goose Mother, Ygra, Eater of All puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

a Bird attacks — 486 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When The Goose Mother attacks:

  1. Hermes, Overseer of Elpis — scries
  2. Choco, Seeker of Paradise — puts a land onto the battlefield

a Bird creature is cast — 486 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Chocobo Camp — When The Goose Mother is cast, it arrives with counters thanks to Chocobo Camp

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

a Bird deals combat damage — 486 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Kastral, the Windcrested — When The Goose Mother deals combat damage, Kastral, the Windcrested triggers

a nontoken Bird enters the battlefield — 487 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Knightfisher — When The Goose Mother enters, Knightfisher makes a token

a Bird enters the battlefield — 538 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Salvation Swan — When The Goose Mother enters, Salvation Swan flickers a creature you control

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a Food is sacrificed thanks to The Goose Mother, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When a Food enters thanks to The Goose Mother:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When The Goose Mother makes a Food token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When The Goose Mother makes a player draw a card:

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  4. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  5. The Locust God — makes a token
  6. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  8. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  9. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  10. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature

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

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a permanent gets a counter thanks to The Goose Mother, All Will Be One deals that much damage
  2. Lonis, Genetics Expert — When Lonis, Genetics Expert gets a counter thanks to The Goose Mother, it triggers

7 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 Goose Mother is one).

When a Food enters thanks to The Goose Mother:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

59 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 Goose Mother is one).

The Goose Mother puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — can bring back
  2. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — can bring back

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When The Goose Mother attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader — puts a counter on a permanent

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

When The Goose Mother is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Bloodbond March — brings a card back

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (The Goose Mother is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — When The Goose Mother enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token

32 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 Goose Mother is one).

When The Goose Mother enters, Enduring:

  1. Enduring Innocence — Innocence draws you 1 card
  2. Enduring Courage — Courage gives +2/+0

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