Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror

Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror

Creature — Horror // Creature — Kraken Horror

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Defender
This creature enters with four ice counters on it.

static — arrives with counters

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, remove an ice counter from this creature. Then if it has no ice counters on it, transform it.

triggered —

triggered —

When this creature transforms into Awoken Horror, return all non-Horror creatures to their owners' hands.

triggered — bounce

Causes: put a counter on anything, remove a counter from anything, transform anything, a creature leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: an instant is cast, a sorcery is cast.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, it exiles a Synth you control

a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

  1. Captain N'ghathrod — When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card

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

When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  3. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  4. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  6. Kros, Defense Contractor — triggers
  7. Rikku, Resourceful Guardian — triggers

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

cast a sorcery — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Glamdring — When an instant is cast thanks to Glamdring, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  2. Mission Briefing — When Mission Briefing is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  3. Sorcerous Squall — When Sorcerous Squall is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  4. Eye of the Storm — When an instant is cast thanks to Eye of the Storm, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  5. Spectral Arcanist — When an instant is cast thanks to Spectral Arcanist, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  6. Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  7. Diviner of Mist — When an instant is cast thanks to Diviner of Mist, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  8. Jace's Mindseeker — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace's Mindseeker, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  9. Treasure Keeper — When an instant is cast thanks to Treasure Keeper, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  10. Helmut Zemo, Mastermind — When an instant is cast thanks to Helmut Zemo, Mastermind, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers

3,710 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast an instant — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Theoretical Duplication — When Theoretical Duplication is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  2. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — When Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  3. Into the Story — When Into the Story is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  4. Rite of Undoing — When Rite of Undoing is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  5. Will of the Naga — When Will of the Naga is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  6. Logic Knot — When Logic Knot is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  7. Dig Through Time — When Dig Through Time is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  8. Complete the Circuit — When Complete the Circuit is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  9. Synthetic Destiny — When Synthetic Destiny is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers
  10. Sudden Insight — When Sudden Insight is cast, Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror triggers

3,921 other cards cause 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 (Thing in the Ice is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

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

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Rapacious Guest — When Rapacious Guest leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, it makes each opponent lose life equal to its power
  3. Extractor Demon — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Extractor Demon mills a card
  4. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  6. Vela the Night-Clad — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Vela the Night-Clad makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Champions of the Perfect — When Champions of the Perfect leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, it triggers
  8. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, it triggers
  9. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature
  10. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror, Sally Sparrow triggers

21 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 (Thing in the Ice is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

8 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 (Thing in the Ice is one).

When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Perimeter Captain — gains you 2 life
  4. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  5. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  6. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a creature deals combat damage — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

  1. Primo, the Unbounded — When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror deals combat damage, Primo, the Unbounded makes a token

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

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Thing in the Ice is one).

When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  3. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  4. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  5. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

302 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 (Thing in the Ice is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Thing in the Ice // Awoken Horror enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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