Throwing Knife

Throwing Knife

Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

Equipped creature gets +2/+0.

static — gives +2/+0

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may sacrifice this Equipment. If you do, this Equipment deals 2 damage to any target.

triggered —

triggered — deals 2 damage

Equip {2}

Causes: sacrifice an Equipment, an Equipment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature attacks.

Works well with

an Equipment in a graveyard — 37 cards in the game can cause this (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife is in the graveyard:

  1. Magnetic Snuffler — can bring it back
  2. Ratonhnhaké꞉ton — can bring it back
  3. Nahiri, the Lithomancer — can bring it back
  4. Cid, Freeflier Pilot — can bring it back
  5. Auriok Survivors — can bring it back
  6. Forge Anew — can bring it back

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

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Throwing Knife is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Throwing Knife enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife enters:

  1. Puresteel Paladin — draws you 1 card
  2. Sokka and Suki — makes a token
  3. Barret, Avalanche Leader — makes a token
  4. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — draws you 1 card
  5. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  6. Hammer of Nazahn — triggers
  7. Sigarda's Aid — triggers

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

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

When you sacrifice Throwing Knife:

  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. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  5. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  6. Jaws, Relentless Predator — deals 1 damage
  7. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

7 other cards care 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 (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife 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 (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife 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 (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife 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 (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife 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 (Throwing Knife is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Throwing Knife leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Throwing Knife is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When Throwing Knife makes a player lose life, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed

55 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 (Throwing Knife is one).

When Throwing Knife is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

an artifact it grants abilities to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives Throwing Knife indestructible

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives Throwing Knife an extra untap

4,530 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Eldrazi Mimic — When Eldrazi Mimic attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  2. Abstruse Archaic — When Abstruse Archaic attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  3. Skittering Cicada — When Skittering Cicada attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  4. Ultima, Origin of Oblivion — When Ultima, Origin of Oblivion attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  5. Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald — When Silver Surfer, Galactus's Herald attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  6. Definitely Not a Turtle — When Definitely Not a Turtle attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  7. Inversion Behemoth — When Inversion Behemoth attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  8. Farfinder — When Farfinder attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  9. Kozilek's Channeler — When Kozilek's Channeler attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself
  10. Warden of Geometries — When Warden of Geometries attacks, Throwing Knife sacrifices itself

17,924 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.