The Lion-Turtle

The Lion-Turtle

Legendary Creature — Elder Cat Turtle

Mana cost: {1}{G}{U}

How we read this card

Reach, vigilance
When The Lion-Turtle enters, you gain 3 life.

triggered — gains you 3 life

The Lion-Turtle can't attack or block unless there are three or more Lesson cards in your graveyard.

static —

Add one mana of any color.

activated {T} — adds 1 mana

What we read on this card

Causes: gain life.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Turtle it boosts — 91 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this.

  1. Turtle Power! — Turtle Power! gives The Lion-Turtle bigger stats

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

a Cat deals combat damage — 118 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

  1. Feline Sovereign — When The Lion-Turtle deals combat damage, Feline Sovereign kills an artifact or enchantment an opponent controls

a Cat it grants abilities to — 122 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this.

  1. Hungry Lynx — Hungry Lynx gives The Lion-Turtle protection

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

a Cat enters the battlefield — 124 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

  1. Qasali Slingers — When The Lion-Turtle enters, Qasali Slingers kills an artifact or enchantment an opponent controls

life is gained — 477 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle gains life:

  1. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  2. Gourmand's Talent — makes a token
  3. Trudge Garden — makes a token
  4. Christine Chapel, Combat Medic — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Titanbones, Towering Heart — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  6. Tigra, Feline Fury — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ageless Entity — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Prize Pig — puts that many ribbon counters on itself
  9. Lurking Roper — untaps itself
  10. Heroic Feast — puts a counter on a permanent

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

put a card into a graveyard — 2,533 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this.

  1. Master of Winds — Master of Winds fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  2. Windrider Wizard — Windrider Wizard fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  3. Nature's Wrath — Nature's Wrath fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  4. Sage of the Falls — Sage of the Falls fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  5. Sage's Row Denizen — Sage's Row Denizen fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  6. They Came from the Pipes — They Came from the Pipes fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  7. The Destined Thief — The Destined Thief fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  8. Glitch Interpreter — Glitch Interpreter fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  9. Hazoret's Monument — Hazoret's Monument fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs
  10. Customs Depot — Customs Depot fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards The Lion-Turtle needs

2,523 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 6,391 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  3. Screaming Swarm — mills a card
  4. Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
  5. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  6. Fractal Harness — puts counters on a permanent
  7. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  8. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 6,391 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
  3. Bonny Pall, Clearcutter — draws you 1 card
  4. Hazardroot Herbalist — gives +1/+0
  5. Ranger Class — puts a counter on a creature
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  8. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  9. Alora, Merry Thief — triggers
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 6,391 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  3. Gift of the Woods — gives +0/+3
  4. Noxious Assault — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Ferocity — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Mammoth Harness — grants first strike
  7. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  8. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a creature is cast — 6,423 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  3. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  4. Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable — makes a token
  5. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card
  6. Masked Admirers — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Primordial Sage — draws you 1 card
  8. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  9. Beast Whisperer — draws you 1 card
  10. Silverback Elder — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 6,528 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle enters:

  1. Dual Nature — makes a token
  2. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  3. Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
  4. Soul of the Harvest — draws you 1 card
  5. Surrak and Goreclaw — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder — puts a counter on a creature
  7. Lonis, Cryptozoologist — triggers
  8. Warden of the Grove — triggers

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,050 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this (The Lion-Turtle is one).

When The Lion-Turtle enters:

  1. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  2. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent

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

put anything onto the battlefield — 10,540 cards in The Lion-Turtle's colors can cause this.

  1. Telemin Performance — When The Lion-Turtle enters thanks to Telemin Performance, it gains you 3 life

10,539 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.