Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

Niambi, Esteemed Speaker

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

Mana cost: {W}{U}

How we read this card

Flash
When Niambi enters, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand. If you do, you gain life equal to that creature's mana value.

triggered — bounce

triggered — gains you that creature's mana value life

Draw two cards.

activated {1}{W}{U}, {T}, Discard a legendary card —

activated {1}{W}{U}, {T}, Discard a legendary card — draws you 2 cards

What we read on this card

Causes: a creature leaves the battlefield, gain life, discard a card, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, it draws you cards

a card is discarded — 638 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker makes a player discard a card:

  1. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  2. Scrounging Skyray — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Curator of Mysteries — scries
  4. All-Seeing Arbiter — shrinks a creature
  5. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  6. Drake Haven — makes a token
  7. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  8. Hekma Sentinels — gets +1/+1
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Bag of Holding — exiles it

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

life is gained — 805 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker gains life:

  1. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  2. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Elenda's Hierophant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Attended Healer — makes a token
  5. Field-Tested Frying Pan — gets +X/+X, where X is the amount of life you gained
  6. Vanguard Seraph — surveils
  7. Nykthos Paragon — puts that many counters on a creature
  8. Dawn of Hope — draws you 1 card
  9. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers
  10. Sphinx of the Revelation — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a card is drawn — 1,866 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker makes a player draw a card:

  1. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  2. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  3. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  4. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  5. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  6. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Lyla, Holographic Assistant — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Data, New Life — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Chasm Skulker — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Nadir Kraken — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,662 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  2. Aang, Airbending Master — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Aang, Airbending Master puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Dour Port-Mage — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Dour Port-Mage draws you 1 card
  4. Ninth Bridge Patrol — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Ninth Bridge Patrol puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Flaming Fist Officer — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Flaming Fist Officer puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Imperial Cosmographer — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Imperial Cosmographer puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  7. Valor of the Worthy — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Valor of the Worthy makes a token
  8. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, it triggers
  9. Sally Sparrow — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker, Sally Sparrow triggers

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

a Human enters the battlefield — 2,002 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker enters:

  1. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  4. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  5. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

a card in a graveyard — 2,488 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

Niambi, Esteemed Speaker:

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  5. Enlightened Confidant — puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  6. Mindwhisker — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Mindwhisker needs
  7. Barkform Harvester — puts cards into the graveyard that Barkform Harvester can bring back
  8. Cybernetic Specialist — puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  9. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — puts cards into the graveyard that Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae can bring back
  10. Kirtar's Wrath — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Kirtar's Wrath needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 2,488 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Niambi, Esteemed Speaker:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

a creature attacks — 6,349 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

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

anything attacks — 6,349 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

  1. Guide of Souls — When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker attacks, Guide of Souls triggers

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

anything enters the battlefield — 10,721 cards in Niambi's colors can cause this (Niambi is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Niambi, Esteemed Speaker enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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