Elim Garak, Simple Tailor

Elim Garak, Simple Tailor

Legendary Creature — Cardassian Rogue

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
Whenever you face a dilemma, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

triggered — gains you 2 life

triggered — drains each opponent

What we read on this card

Causes: make a player lose life, gain life.

Cares about: you face a dilemma.

Works well with

a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 200 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Cloak and Dagger — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers

a Rogue enters the battlefield — 202 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card

you face a dilemma — 145 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this.

  1. Shriveling Rot — When Shriveling Rot poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  2. Pip-Boy 3000 — When Pip-Boy 3000 poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Umezawa's Jitte — When Umezawa's Jitte poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Lost Jitte — When Lost Jitte poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  5. The Vision — When The Vision poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Vincent's Limit Break — When Vincent's Limit Break poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  7. Desperate Plea — When Desperate Plea poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Lobelia, Defender of Bag End — When Lobelia, Defender of Bag End poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  9. Resistance Is Futile — When Resistance Is Futile poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life
  10. Lord Skitter's Butcher — When Lord Skitter's Butcher poses a dilemma, Elim Garak, Simple Tailor makes each opponent lose 2 life

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

life is gained — 642 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor gains life:

  1. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  3. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  4. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel — surveils
  6. Enduring Tenacity — makes each opponent lose life equal to that much
  7. Nazar, the Velvet Fang — puts a feeding counter on itself
  8. Citizen V, Helmut Zemo — puts a counter on a Villain
  9. Bloodbond Vampire — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Leech Collector // Bloodletting — becomes prepared

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

life is lost — 1,256 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Elim Garak, Simple Tailor:

  1. Hour of Victory — raises your speed
  2. Walking Sarcophagus — raises your speed
  3. Gas Guzzler — raises your speed
  4. Gastal Raider — raises your speed
  5. Risen Necroregent — raises your speed
  6. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  7. Starting Column — raises your speed
  8. Momentum Breaker — raises your speed
  9. Racers' Scoreboard — raises your speed
  10. Bloodthirsty Conqueror — gains you that much life

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

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  4. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  5. Wand of Orcus — grants deathtouch
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor attacks:

  1. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  3. Fire Navy Trebuchet — makes a token
  4. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  5. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  6. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  7. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  8. Curse of Disturbance — makes a token
  9. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 3,478 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature deals combat damage — 3,478 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 3,493 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor is cast:

  1. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  5. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  6. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  9. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  10. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,680 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

  1. Minion Reflector — When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters, Minion Reflector makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,967 cards in Elim Garak's colors can cause this (Elim Garak is one).

When Elim Garak, Simple Tailor enters:

  1. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  3. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself

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