Absorbing Man
Legendary Creature — Human Villain
Mana cost: {1}{G}{U}
How we read this card
Vigilance
At the beginning of your first main phase, until your next turn, Absorbing Man becomes a copy of up to one target artifact, non-Aura enchantment, or land, except his name is Absorbing Man, he's a legendary 4/4 Human Villain creature in addition to his other types, and he has vigilance.
triggered — copies a permanent
- makes copy an artifact
- makes copy an enchantment
- makes copy a land
triggered — makes your creatures bigger
Causes: copy an artifact, copy an enchantment, copy a land.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a Villain enters the battlefield — 88 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
- Flying Octobot — When Absorbing Man enters, Flying Octobot puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
a Human enters the battlefield — 1,119 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man enters:
- Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
- Dawnhart Disciple — gets +1/+1
a creature attacks — 6,391 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man attacks:
- Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
- Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
- The Earth King — searches a library
- Screaming Swarm — mills a card
- Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
- Staff of Titania — makes a token
- Fractal Harness — puts counters on a permanent
- Saw — sacrifices a creature
- Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
- Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself
59 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything attacks — 6,391 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man attacks:
- ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
- Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
- Bonny Pall, Clearcutter — draws you 1 card
- Hazardroot Herbalist — gives +1/+0
- Ranger Class — puts a counter on a creature
- Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
- Gossip's Talent — triggers
- Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
- Alora, Merry Thief — triggers
- Twins of Discord — triggers
12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature blocks — 6,391 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man blocks:
- Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
- Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
- Gift of the Woods — gives +0/+3
- Noxious Assault — puts a counter on a permanent
- Ferocity — puts a counter on a permanent
- Mammoth Harness — grants first strike
- Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
- Dwindle — kills a creature
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is cast — 6,423 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man is cast:
- Primeval Bounty — makes a token
- Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
- Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
- Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable — makes a token
- Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card
- Masked Admirers — returns itself from the graveyard
- Primordial Sage — draws you 1 card
- Oketra's Monument — makes a token
- Beast Whisperer — draws you 1 card
- Silverback Elder — triggers
43 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 6,528 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man enters:
- Dual Nature — makes a token
- Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
- Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
- Soul of the Harvest — draws you 1 card
- Surrak and Goreclaw — puts a counter on a permanent
- Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder — puts a counter on a creature
- Radagast the Brown — searches a library
- Minion Reflector — makes a token
- Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
- Warden of the Grove — triggers
7 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature enters the battlefield — 7,050 cards in Absorbing Man's colors can cause this (Absorbing Man is one).
When Absorbing Man enters:
- Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
- Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
- Pollywog Prodigy — puts a counter on itself
- Blasting Station — untaps itself
- Bloodline Pretender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
- Sage's Row Denizen — mills a card
- Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself
108 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.