The Wandering Emperor

The Wandering Emperor

Legendary Planeswalker

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}

How we read this card

Flash
As long as The Wandering Emperor entered this turn, you may activate her loyalty abilities any time you could cast an instant.

static — extra loyalty

Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. It gains first strike until end of turn.

activated +1 — puts a counter on it

activated +1 — grants a keyword

Create a 2/2 white Samurai creature token with vigilance.

activated −1 — makes a token

Exile target tapped creature. You gain 2 life.

activated −2 —

activated −2 — gains you 2 life

Causes: put a counter on a creature, create a Samurai creature token, put a Samurai creature token onto the battlefield, exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, gain life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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 Wandering Emperor an extra ability
  2. Deification — Deification gives The Wandering Emperor hexproof

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

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

When The Wandering Emperor 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 Wandering Emperor is one).

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

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

When a creature is exiled thanks to The Wandering Emperor:

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

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (The Wandering Emperor is one).

When The Wandering Emperor gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 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 Wandering Emperor is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Wandering Emperor, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (The Wandering Emperor is one).

  1. Scurry Oak — When Scurry Oak gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, it makes a token
  2. Fathom Mage — When Fathom Mage gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, it draws you 1 card
  3. Hollowmurk Siege — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Hollowmurk Siege draws you 1 card
  4. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Ant-Man, Colony Commander makes a token
  5. Earth Kingdom General — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Earth Kingdom General gains you that much life
  6. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute deals that much damage
  7. Generous Patron — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Generous Patron draws you 1 card
  8. Shalai and Hallar — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Shalai and Hallar deals that much damage
  9. Danny Pink — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Danny Pink draws you 1 card
  10. Enduring Scalelord — When a creature gets a counter thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Enduring Scalelord puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Wandering Emperor is one).

When a Samurai enters thanks to The Wandering Emperor:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (The Wandering Emperor is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The Wandering Emperor makes a Samurai token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 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 Wandering Emperor is one).

When a Samurai enters thanks to The Wandering Emperor:

  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 Wandering Emperor is one).

When The Wandering Emperor makes a Samurai 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 nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (The Wandering Emperor is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (The Wandering Emperor is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Wandering Emperor:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

27 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 Wandering Emperor is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a Samurai enters thanks to The Wandering Emperor, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life

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