The War Games

The War Games

Enchantment — Saga

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

How we read this card

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after IV.)
Each player creates three tapped 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens. The tokens are goaded for as long as this Saga remains on the battlefield.

triggered — makes 3 tokens

triggered —

Put a +1/+1 counter on each Warrior creature.

triggered — puts a counter on it

You may exile a nontoken creature you control.

triggered —

When you do, exile all Warriors.

triggered —

Causes: create a Warrior creature token, put a Warrior creature token onto the battlefield, goad a token, put a counter on a Warrior creature, exile a nontoken creature, a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield, exile a Warrior, a Warrior leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a nontoken creature is exiled.

Works well with

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

  1. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to The War Games, it has the Ring tempt you

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (The War Games is one).

When The War Games 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 War Games is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice The War Games, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (The War Games is one).

When The War Games 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 War Games is one).

When The War Games 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.

exile a nontoken creature — 995 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Sanctifier of Souls — When Sanctifier of Souls is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  2. Distinguished Conjurer — When a creature is exiled thanks to Distinguished Conjurer, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  3. Saltskitter — When Saltskitter is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  4. Portcullis — When a creature is exiled thanks to Portcullis, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  5. Airbender Ascension — When a creature is exiled thanks to Airbender Ascension, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  6. Flickering Hound — When Flickering Hound is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  7. Sword of Hearth and Home — When a creature is exiled thanks to Sword of Hearth and Home, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  8. Doom's Time Platform — When a creature is exiled thanks to Doom's Time Platform, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  9. Ojutai Exemplars — When Ojutai Exemplars is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior
  10. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When a creature is exiled thanks to Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho, The War Games exiles a Warrior

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

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

When a creature is exiled thanks to The War Games:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

a Warrior creature enters the battlefield — 1,401 cards in the game can cause this (The War Games is one).

  1. Obsidian Battle-Axe — When a Warrior enters thanks to The War Games, Obsidian Battle-Axe triggers

a Warrior enters the battlefield — 1,403 cards in the game can cause this (The War Games is one).

When a Warrior enters thanks to The War Games:

  1. Mardu Woe-Reaper — hits a graveyard
  2. Thrasher Brute — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Decorated Champion — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (The War Games is one).

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

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

When a Warrior gets a counter thanks to The War Games:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  6. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  7. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  8. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  10. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card

33 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 War Games is one).

When a Warrior enters thanks to The War Games:

  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 War Games is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When The War Games makes a Warrior 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.

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

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice The War Games, 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 War Games is one).

When The War Games 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

256 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 War Games is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The War Games, 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 War Games is one).

  1. Saprazzan Bailiff — When Saprazzan Bailiff leaves the battlefield thanks to The War Games, it brings a card back

29 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 War Games is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When The War Games is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

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