Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound
Legendary Artifact — Equipment // Legendary Creature — Demon
Mana cost: {7}
How we read this card
Equipped creature gets +1/+0.
static — gives +1/+0
When equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, unattach Elbrus, then transform it.
triggered —
triggered —
- wants a creature dealing combat damage
- makes transform anything
Equip {1}
Flying, intimidate, trample
Whenever a player loses the game, put thirteen +1/+1 counters on Withengar Unbound.
triggered — puts 13 counters on it
- wants a player losing the game
- makes put a counter on anything
Causes: anything becomes attached, transform anything, put a counter on anything.
Cares about: a creature deals combat damage, a player loses the game.
Works well with
a player loses the game — 16 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this.
- Vorpal Sword — When a permanent makes a player lose the game thanks to Vorpal Sword, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Strixhaven Stadium — When a permanent makes a player lose the game thanks to Strixhaven Stadium, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
- The Deck of Many Things — When The Deck of Many Things makes a player lose the game, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Summon: Primal Odin — When a permanent makes a player lose the game thanks to Summon: Primal Odin, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Phage the Untouchable — When a permanent makes a player lose the game thanks to Phage the Untouchable, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Vraska, Scheming Gorgon — When a permanent makes a player lose the game thanks to Vraska, Scheming Gorgon, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Triskaidekaphobia — When Triskaidekaphobia makes a player lose the game, Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound puts 13 +1/+1 counters on itself
9 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an Equipment enters the battlefield — 414 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this (Elbrus is one).
- Hammer of Nazahn — When Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound enters, Hammer of Nazahn triggers
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature gets a counter — 542 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this (Elbrus is one).
When Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound gets a counter:
- Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — puts a counter on a permanent
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an artifact is cast — 2,470 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this (Elbrus is one).
When Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound is cast:
- Patchwork Automaton — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Golem Foundry — puts a charge counter on itself
- Painsmith — gives +2/+0
- Golem's Heart — gains you 1 life
- Urza's Chalice — gains you 1 life
- Solar Array — grants sunburst
- Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
- The Fantasticar — turns something into a creature
- Biotransference — makes you lose life
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 2,473 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this (Elbrus is one).
When Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound enters:
- Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
- Surge Conductor — proliferates
- Mirrorworks — makes a token
an artifact it grants types to — 2,614 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this.
- Silverskin Armor — Silverskin Armor gives Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound an extra creature type
2,613 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an artifact it grants abilities to — 2,614 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this.
- Darksteel Forge — Darksteel Forge gives Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound indestructible
2,613 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an artifact it applies untap to — 2,614 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this.
- Unwinding Clock — Unwinding Clock gives Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound an extra untap
2,613 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an artifact enters the battlefield — 2,613 cards in Elbrus's colors can cause this (Elbrus is one).
When Elbrus, the Binding Blade // Withengar Unbound enters:
- Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Arcbound Crusher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Arcbound Condor — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
- Glaze Fiend — gets +2/+2
- Battered Golem — untaps itself
- Skorpekh Destroyer — grants first strike
- Grinding Station — untaps itself
- Ovalchase Daredevil — returns itself from the graveyard
- Vermiculos — gets +4/+4
4 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.