Thought Dissector

Thought Dissector

Artifact

Mana cost: {4}

How we read this card

Target opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until an artifact card or X cards are revealed, whichever comes first. If an artifact card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield under your control and sacrifice this artifact. Put the rest of the revealed cards into that player's graveyard.

activated {X}, {T} —

activated {X}, {T} —

activated {X}, {T} —

activated {X}, {T} — mills a card

Causes: put an artifact onto the battlefield, take control of an artifact, sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, mill a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

When you sacrifice Thought Dissector:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Magnetic Snuffler — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  6. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  7. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  8. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Thought Dissector, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

When Thought Dissector is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Trading Post — can bring it back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  10. Scrap Welder — can bring it back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

When Thought Dissector is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

When Thought Dissector hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

When Thought Dissector is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  8. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  9. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  10. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Thought Dissector leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Thought Dissector, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

When Thought Dissector is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  7. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  8. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  9. Myrsmith — makes a token
  10. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

When an artifact enters thanks to Thought Dissector:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token
  6. Weapons Manufacturing — makes a token
  7. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Thought Dissector is one).

  1. Carrot Cake — When Carrot Cake enters thanks to Thought Dissector, it makes a token
  2. Heaped Harvest — When Heaped Harvest enters thanks to Thought Dissector, it searches a library
  3. Transplant Theorist — When an artifact enters thanks to Thought Dissector, Transplant Theorist draws you 1 card

66 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 (Thought Dissector is one).

  1. Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus — When Tetzin, Gnome Champion // The Golden-Gear Colossus enters thanks to Thought Dissector, it triggers

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