Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign

Legendary Creature — Sphinx

Mana cost: {4}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Flying
Sphinx spells you cast cost {2} less to cast.

static — costs 2 less

Whenever Unesh or another Sphinx you control enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

triggered — puts cards into your hand

triggered — mills a card

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: mill a card.

Cares about: a Sphinx enters the battlefield, a Sphinx creature it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx artifact it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx enchantment it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx planeswalker it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx instant it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx sorcery it makes cheaper to cast, a Sphinx battle it makes cheaper to cast.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Sphinx attacks — 144 cards in the game can cause this (Unesh is one).

  1. The Ur-Sphinx — When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign attacks, The Ur-Sphinx mills a card

put a Sphinx onto the battlefield — 149 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Master of Winds — When Master of Winds enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  2. Defiler of Dreams — When Defiler of Dreams enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  3. Bloodline Pretender — When Bloodline Pretender enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  4. Sharding Sphinx — When Sharding Sphinx enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  5. Windreader Sphinx — When Windreader Sphinx enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  6. Serum Sovereign — When Serum Sovereign enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  7. Barkform Harvester — When Barkform Harvester enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  8. Sphinx's Herald — When a Sphinx enters thanks to Sphinx's Herald, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  9. Consecrated Sphinx — When Consecrated Sphinx enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers
  10. Quantum Riddler — When Quantum Riddler enters, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign triggers

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Unesh is one).

Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign:

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

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign:

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

7 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 (Unesh is one).

When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign 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

119 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 (Unesh is one).

When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign 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. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  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

195 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 (Unesh is one).

When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign blocks:

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

25 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 (Unesh is one).

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign attacks, Mardu Ascendancy makes a token

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

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

When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

369 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 (Unesh is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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