The Mountain-king's Return

The Mountain-king's Return

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {2}{W}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Recruit.

triggered —

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

triggered — brings a card back

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature.

triggered — puts a counter on it

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, put a counter on a creature.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (The Mountain-king's Return is one).

When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (The Mountain-king's Return is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice The Mountain-king's Return, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (The Mountain-king's Return is one).

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Builder's Talent can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Emeria Shepherd can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Moment of Reckoning can bring it back
  8. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — The Mountain-king's Return puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  9. Serra Paragon — When The Mountain-king's Return is in the graveyard, Serra Paragon can bring it back
  10. Odunos River Trawler — The Mountain-king's Return puts cards into the graveyard that Odunos River Trawler can bring 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 Mountain-king's Return is one).

When The Mountain-king's Return is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  2. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  3. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  5. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  7. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (The Mountain-king's Return is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to The Mountain-king's Return:

  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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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 Mountain-king's Return is one).

When The Mountain-king's Return 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. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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 Mountain-king's Return is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to The Mountain-king's Return:

  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.

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (The Mountain-king's Return is one).

  1. Scurry Oak — When Scurry Oak gets a counter thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, it makes a token
  2. Fathom Mage — When Fathom Mage gets a counter thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, it draws you 1 card
  3. Hollowmurk Siege — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, Hollowmurk Siege draws you 1 card
  4. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, Ant-Man, Colony Commander makes a token
  5. Earth Kingdom General — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, Earth Kingdom General gains you that much life
  6. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute deals that much damage

37 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 Mountain-king's Return is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When The Mountain-king's Return makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 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 Mountain-king's Return is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature enters thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, Dual Nature makes a token

32 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 Mountain-king's Return is one).

  1. Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 — When Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 enters thanks to The Mountain-king's Return, it makes a token

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