The Parting of the Ways

The Parting of the Ways

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {4}{R}{R}

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Exile the top five cards of your library. For each nonland card exiled this way, put a number of time counters on that card equal to its mana value. If it doesn't have suspend, it gains suspend.

triggered —

triggered — puts its mana value counters on it

triggered — grants a keyword

Time travel, then time travel.

triggered —

triggered —

For each opponent, destroy up to one target artifact that player controls.

triggered —

Causes: exile a card, put a counter on anything, time travel, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

When The Parting of the Ways 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 Parting of the Ways is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice The Parting of the Ways, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

When The Parting of the Ways is in the graveyard:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  8. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  9. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  10. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring it 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 Parting of the Ways is one).

When The Parting of the Ways is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

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

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

The Parting of the Ways puts cards into the:

  1. T'Chaka, Venerable King — graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  2. Goblin Welder — graveyard that Goblin Welder can bring back
  3. Tomakul Scrapsmith — graveyard that Tomakul Scrapsmith can bring back
  4. Anrakyr the Traveller — graveyard that Anrakyr the Traveller can bring back
  5. Scrap Mastery — graveyard that Scrap Mastery can bring back
  6. Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo — graveyard that Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo can bring back
  7. Keeper of the Cadence — graveyard that Keeper of the Cadence can bring back
  8. Grasping Tentacles — graveyard that Grasping Tentacles can bring back
  9. Slag Fiend — graveyard, and Slag Fiend gets bigger
  10. Dakkon, Shadow Slayer — graveyard that Dakkon, Shadow Slayer can bring back

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Parting of the Ways:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  6. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  8. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  9. Pain Distributor — deals 1 damage
  10. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life

32 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 Parting of the Ways is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to The Parting of the Ways, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice The Parting of the Ways, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

When The Parting of the Ways is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  3. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  5. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  6. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  7. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  8. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  9. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When The Parting of the Ways enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (The Parting of the Ways is one).

When The Parting of the Ways enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature

72 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 Parting of the Ways is one).

  1. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — The Parting of the Ways fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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