Way of the Necromancer

Way of the Necromancer

Legendary Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

When Way of the Necromancer enters, empower Jace 2.

triggered — puts 2 counters on it

Whenever a creature you control dies, put a loyalty counter on each planeswalker you control.

triggered — puts a counter on it

Causes: put a counter on a planeswalker.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

a planeswalker gets a counter — 33 cards in the game can cause this (Way of the Necromancer is one).

When a planeswalker gets a counter thanks to Way of the Necromancer:

  1. Bioessence Hydra — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Inspired Tethermage — puts a counter on a permanent

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  2. Lethal Vapors — When a creature dies thanks to Lethal Vapors, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  3. Grave Peril — When a creature dies thanks to Grave Peril, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  4. Spreading Plague — When a creature dies thanks to Spreading Plague, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  5. Saw — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  6. Hot Soup — When a creature dies thanks to Hot Soup, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  7. Cracked Skull — When a creature dies thanks to Cracked Skull, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  8. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature dies thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  9. Mire Blight — When a creature dies thanks to Mire Blight, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker
  10. Death Pits of Rath — When a creature dies thanks to Death Pits of Rath, Way of the Necromancer puts a counter on a planeswalker

2,820 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Way of the Necromancer is one).

When Way of the Necromancer is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Way of the Necromancer is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Way of the Necromancer enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Way of the Necromancer is one).

When Way of the Necromancer enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  8. Thassa's Devourer — mills a card
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

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

anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Way of the Necromancer is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When a planeswalker gets a counter thanks to Way of the Necromancer, All Will Be One deals that much damage

7 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 (Way of the Necromancer is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Way of the Necromancer enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

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