Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings

Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {2}{W}{W}

How we read this card

Vigilance
Whenever a source an opponent controls deals damage to you or a permanent you control, that source's controller loses 2 life unless they pay {1}.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

Exile Elesh Norn, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {2}{W}, Sacrifice three other creatures —

activated {2}{W}, Sacrifice three other creatures —

activated {2}{W}, Sacrifice three other creatures — blinks a permanent

activated {2}{W}, Sacrifice three other creatures —

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
Incubate 2 five times, then transform all Incubator tokens you control.

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Creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain double strike until end of turn.

triggered — gives +1/+1

triggered — grants haste

Destroy all other permanents except for artifacts, lands, and Phyrexians. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield .

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triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

What we read on this card

Causes: make a player lose life, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, transform anything, create an Incubator artifact token, put an Incubator artifact token onto the battlefield, put a counter on an Incubator artifact token, transform an Incubator artifact token, a Phyrexian artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a Phyrexian land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile a Saga, a Saga leaves the battlefield, put a Saga onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

a Phyrexian attacks — 108 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. Vulpine Harvester — When Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings attacks, Vulpine Harvester brings a card back

a nontoken Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 109 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. Darksteel Splicer — When Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings enters, Darksteel Splicer makes a token

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 119 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings enters, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

a land in a graveyard — 152 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Serra Paragon — can bring back
  2. Scaretiller — can bring back
  3. Fall of the Thran — can bring back
  4. Petrified Field — can bring back
  5. Crucible of Worlds — can bring back
  6. Sacred Ground — can bring back

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

a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 153 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings:

  1. Guardian Zendikon — brings a card back
  2. Dingus Egg — deals 2 damage

a land goes to a graveyard — 160 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. Sand Scout — When a Phyrexian hits the graveyard thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Sand Scout makes a token

an artifact in a graveyard — 411 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring back
  2. Builder's Talent — can bring back
  3. Trading Post — can bring back
  4. Emeria Shepherd — can bring back
  5. Sun-Blessed Healer — can bring back
  6. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring back
  7. Guardian Scalelord — can bring back
  8. Cavalier of Dawn — can bring back
  9. Wayspeaker Bodyguard — can bring back
  10. Hourglass of the Lost — can bring back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 411 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings:

  1. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  2. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 415 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Summoning Station — When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Summoning Station untaps itself
  3. Tablet of Epityr — When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Tablet of Epityr gains you 1 life
  4. Magnetic Mine — When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Magnetic Mine deals 2 damage
  5. Dross Scorpion — When Dross Scorpion dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, it untaps a permanent
  6. G'raha Tia — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, G'raha Tia draws you 1 card
  7. Tarrian's Soulcleaver — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Tarrian's Soulcleaver puts a counter on a creature
  8. Scrapheap — When a Phyrexian is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Scrapheap gains you 1 life
  9. Martyr's Bond — When a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

a creature in a graveyard — 496 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings puts cards into the:

  1. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
  2. Sword of Light and Shadow — graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  3. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  4. Pulsemage Advocate — graveyard that Pulsemage Advocate can bring back
  5. Lazotep Quarry — graveyard that Lazotep Quarry can bring back
  6. Cleric Class — graveyard that Cleric Class can bring back
  7. Karmic Guide — graveyard that Karmic Guide can bring back
  8. Reveillark — graveyard that Reveillark can bring back
  9. Vesperlark — graveyard that Vesperlark can bring back
  10. Revivify — graveyard, and Revivify gets bigger

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

a nontoken creature dies — 496 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings:

  1. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  2. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  3. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  4. Lightning Coils — puts a charge counter on itself
  5. Field of Souls — makes a token
  6. Remembrance — searches a library
  7. Merchant of Truth — triggers
  8. Anafenza, Unyielding Lineage — triggers
  9. Mimic Vat — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 501 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  2. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, it makes a token
  3. Adarkar Valkyrie — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Adarkar Valkyrie brings a card back
  4. Luminous Broodmoth — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Luminous Broodmoth brings a card back
  5. Reborn Hero — When Reborn Hero dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, it returns itself from the graveyard
  6. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho brings a card back
  7. Angelic Renewal — When a creature dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, Angelic Renewal sacrifices itself

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

an enchantment it makes cheaper to cast — 826 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. Starnheim Courser — Starnheim Courser reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs

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

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 2,618 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. The Immortal Sun — The Immortal Sun reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  2. Cloud Key — Cloud Key reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  3. Helm of Awakening — Helm of Awakening reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  4. Locket of Yesterdays — Locket of Yesterdays reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  5. Seal of the Guildpact — Seal of the Guildpact reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  6. Stone Calendar — Stone Calendar reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  7. Trinisphere — Trinisphere reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs

2,611 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies untap to — 2,618 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. Storage Matrix — Storage Matrix gives Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings an extra untap

2,617 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it applies animate to — 2,618 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. Thran Lens — Thran Lens gives Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings life as a creature

2,617 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact it grants abilities to — 2,618 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. Thrumming Stone — Thrumming Stone gives Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings ripple

2,617 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,145 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this (Elesh Norn is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra dies thanks to Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings, it triggers

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

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 3,975 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. The Wind Crystal — The Wind Crystal reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs
  2. Pearl Medallion — Pearl Medallion reduces what Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings costs

3,973 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it grants abilities to — 3,975 cards in Elesh Norn's colors can cause this.

  1. Avacyn's Memorial — Avacyn's Memorial gives Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings indestructible

3,974 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.