Trickster Mage

Trickster Mage

Creature — Human Spellshaper

Mana cost: {U}

How we read this card

You may tap or untap target artifact, creature, or land.

activated {U}, {T}, Discard a card —

activated {U}, {T}, Discard a card —

activated {U}, {T}, Discard a card — untaps a permanent

Causes: discard a card, tap an artifact, tap a creature, tap a land, untap an artifact, untap a creature, untap a land.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a land becomes tapped — 50 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

When a land becomes tapped thanks to Trickster Mage:

  1. Steam Vines — deals 1 damage
  2. Pooling Venom — makes a player lose 2 life
  3. Chronic Flooding — mills a card
  4. Roots of Life — gains you 1 life
  5. Psychic Venom — deals 2 damage
  6. Orcish Mine — triggers
  7. Spreading Algae — kills it
  8. Blight — kills it
  9. Uncontrolled Infestation — kills it
  10. Kudzu — kills a land

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

an artifact becomes tapped — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

When an artifact becomes tapped thanks to Trickster Mage:

  1. Powerleech — gains you 1 life
  2. Artifact Possession — deals 2 damage
  3. Haunting Wind — deals 1 damage
  4. Relic Putrescence — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Relic Bind — triggers

a creature untaps — 519 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

  1. Fishing Pole — When Trickster Mage untaps, Fishing Pole triggers

a creature becomes tapped — 565 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

  1. Chrome Companion — When Chrome Companion becomes tapped thanks to Trickster Mage, it gains you 1 life
  2. Unctus, Grand Metatect — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Unctus, Grand Metatect draws you 1 card
  3. Sharae of Numbing Depths — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Sharae of Numbing Depths draws you 1 card
  4. Rewrite History — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Rewrite History draws you 1 card
  5. Stinging Licid — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Stinging Licid deals 2 damage
  6. Gideon's Avenger — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Gideon's Avenger puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Icewrought Sentry — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Icewrought Sentry gets +2/+1
  8. Cryoshatter — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Cryoshatter kills a creature
  9. Don't Move — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Don't Move kills a creature
  10. Hylda of the Icy Crown — When Trickster Mage becomes tapped, Hylda of the Icy Crown triggers

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

anything becomes tapped — 699 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

  1. Gran-Gran — When Gran-Gran becomes tapped thanks to Trickster Mage, it draws you 1 card

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

When Trickster Mage makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

a Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

When Trickster Mage enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  8. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  9. Théoden, King of Rohan — grants double strike
  10. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

2 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 (Trickster Mage is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Trickster Mage fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Trickster Mage puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Trickster Mage is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Trickster Mage:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  3. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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