Kataki, War's Wage

Kataki, War's Wage

Legendary Creature — Spirit

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

All artifacts have that ability

static — grants a keyword

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this artifact unless you pay {1}.

triggered —

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: an upkeep, an artifact it grants abilities to.

Works well with

a Spirit in a graveyard — 14 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

  1. Angel of Flight Alabaster — When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard, Angel of Flight Alabaster can bring it back

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 246 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

When Kataki, War's Wage enters:

  1. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  2. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard

a Spirit creature it boosts — 251 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this.

  1. Gallows Warden — Gallows Warden gives Kataki, War's Wage bigger stats
  2. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Kataki, War's Wage bigger stats

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

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

When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard:

  1. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  2. Serra Paragon — can bring it back
  3. Sun-Blessed Healer — can bring it back
  4. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring it back
  5. Guardian Scalelord — can bring it back
  6. Wayspeaker Bodyguard — can bring it back
  7. Hourglass of the Lost — can bring it back
  8. Restoration Seminar — can bring it back
  9. Return to the Light Realms — can bring it back
  10. Archangel Elspeth — can bring it back

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

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

When Kataki, War's Wage:

  1. G'raha Tia — dies, G'raha Tia draws you 1 card
  2. Tarrian's Soulcleaver — dies, Tarrian's Soulcleaver puts a counter on a creature
  3. Martyr's Bond — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

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

When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard:

  1. Remember the Fallen — can bring it back
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  3. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  4. The Deck of Many Things — can bring it back
  5. Pulsemage Advocate — can bring it back
  6. Lazotep Quarry — can bring it back
  7. Cleric Class — can bring it back
  8. Karmic Guide — can bring it back
  9. Reveillark — can bring it back
  10. 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 Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

When Kataki, War's Wage dies:

  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 Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

When Kataki, War's Wage dies:

  1. Salvaging Station — untaps itself
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Adarkar Valkyrie — brings a card back
  4. Luminous Broodmoth — brings a card back
  5. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — brings a card back
  6. Resurrection Orb — brings a card back
  7. Enduring Renewal — brings a card back
  8. Graceful Reprieve — brings a card back
  9. Gift of Immortality — brings a card back
  10. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 901 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

When Kataki, War's Wage leaves the battlefield:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Ninth Bridge Patrol — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Flaming Fist Officer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token

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

a card in a graveyard — 1,400 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

  1. Reborn Hero — Kataki, War's Wage fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Reborn Hero needs
  2. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  3. Wayward Angel — Kataki, War's Wage fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  4. Enlightened Confidant — When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard, Enlightened Confidant can bring it back
  5. Barkform Harvester — When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard, Barkform Harvester can bring it back
  6. Cybernetic Specialist — When Kataki, War's Wage is in the graveyard, Cybernetic Specialist can bring it back
  7. Kirtar's Wrath — Kataki, War's Wage fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Kirtar's Wrath needs

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

a creature is cast — 3,572 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Kataki, War's Wage is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 4,091 cards in Kataki's colors can cause this (Kataki is one).

When Kataki, War's Wage enters:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — brings a card back
  2. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Enduring Innocence — draws you 1 card

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