Vexing Arcanix

Vexing Arcanix

Artifact

Mana cost: {4}

How we read this card

Target player chooses a card name, then reveals the top card of their library. If that card has the chosen name, that player puts it into their hand. Otherwise, they put it into their graveyard and this artifact deals 2 damage to them.

activated {3}, {T} — mills a card

activated {3}, {T} — deals 2 damage

Causes: mill a card, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

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

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

When Vexing Arcanix deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

37 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 (Vexing Arcanix is one).

When Vexing Arcanix makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

46 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 (Vexing Arcanix is one).

When Vexing Arcanix is cast:

  1. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  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. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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 (Vexing Arcanix is one).

When Vexing Arcanix enters:

  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 (Vexing Arcanix is one).

When Vexing Arcanix enters:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

58 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 (Vexing Arcanix is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Fire Nation Salvagers — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Fire Nation Salvagers can bring back
  4. Bloodbond March — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  5. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  6. Harness the Storm — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Vexing Arcanix fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Vexing Arcanix puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Vexing Arcanix 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 (Vexing Arcanix is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Vexing Arcanix:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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