The Warring Triad

The Warring Triad

{3}Legendary Artifact Creature — God5/5

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Flying, trample, haste

As long as there are fewer than eight cards in your graveyard, The Warring Triad isn't a creature.

{T}, Mill a card: Target player adds one mana of any color. (Activate only as an instant.)

What it does

Tagged as Self-mill — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

One preconstructed deck includes this card.

Keyword reminders

Flying. This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. · CR 702.9 Read more →
Haste. This creature can attack and use tap abilities as soon as it comes under your control. · CR 702.10
Trample. Excess combat damage beyond what's lethal to blockers can be assigned to the player or planeswalker it's attacking. · CR 702.19 Read more →

Official rulings

  1. As The Warring Triad enters the battlefield, the number of cards in your graveyard will determine whether any replacement effects that affect creatures entering the battlefield apply to The Warring Triad. (2025-06-06)
  2. If The Warring Triad is attacking or blocking and it stops being a creature, it will be removed from combat. It won't rejoin combat if it resumes being a creature later during that combat. (2025-06-06)
  3. Counters put on The Warring Triad remain on it while it's not a creature, even if they have no effect. (2025-06-06)
  4. The Warring Triad's last ability isn't a mana ability. It uses the stack and can be responded to. (2025-06-06)
  5. The Warring Triad's abilities function while it's on the battlefield, regardless of whether it's a creature. (2025-06-06)
  6. The type-changing ability that can make The Warring Triad not be a creature functions only on the battlefield. It's always a creature card in other zones, regardless of how many cards are in your graveyard. It's always a creature spell while it's on the stack. (2025-06-06)
  7. If The Warring Triad stops being a creature, it loses the type creature and the creature type God. It continues to be a legendary artifact. (2025-06-06)
  8. If an effect causes The Warring Triad to lose all abilities, its ability that causes it to stop being a creature still applies if appropriate. (2025-06-06)
  9. When The Warring Triad enters the battlefield, the number of cards in your graveyard will determine if a creature entered the battlefield or not for abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield. (2025-06-06)

Printings & prices

Every set The Warring Triad has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.

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