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Helm of ObedienceHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Masters Edition II· September 22, 2008
Carte Magic Helm of Obedience

Helm of Obedience is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

{X}, {T}: Target opponent mills a card, then repeats this process until a creature card or X cards have been put into their graveyard this way, whichever comes first. If one or more creature cards were put into that graveyard this way, sacrifice this artifact and put one of them onto the battlefield under your control. X can't be 0.

How it works : Helm of Obedience

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    You put the creature card onto the battlefield even if you can’t sacrifice Helm of Obedience (because it’s left the battlefield by the time its ability resolves, for example).

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    If an effect like that of Leyline of the Void prevents cards from being put into your opponent’s graveyard, the process described in the first sentence of Helm of Obedience’s effect will never stop. Your opponent’s entire library will be exiled, even if X is 1.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Helm of Obedience
+Rest in Peace
#1

Helm of Obedience + Rest in Peace

Exile target opponent's library
  1. 1Activate Helm of Obedience by paying {1} and tapping it, causing target opponent to mill a card.
  2. 2Due to Rest in Peace's replacement effect, the milled card is exiled instead of going to the graveyard, and that opponents repeats that process until their library is empty.
Helm of Obedience
+Dauthi Voidwalker
#2

Helm of Obedience + Dauthi Voidwalker

Exile target opponent's library
  1. 1Activate Helm of Obedience by paying {1} and tapping it, causing target opponent to mill a card.
  2. 2Due to Dauthi Voidwalker's replacement effect, the milled card is exiled instead of going to the graveyard, and that opponents repeats that process until their library is empty.
Helm of Obedience
+Leyline of the Void
#3

Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void

Exile target opponent's library
  1. 1Activate Helm of Obedience by paying {1} and tapping it, causing target opponent to mill a card.
  2. 2Due to Leyline of the Void's replacement effect, the milled card is exiled instead of going to the graveyard, and that opponents repeats that process until their library is empty.
Helm of Obedience
+Wheel of Sun and Moon
#4

Helm of Obedience + Wheel of Sun and Moon

Draw the game
  1. 1Activate Helm of Obedience by paying {1} and tapping, causing target player enchanted with Wheel of Sun and Moon to mill a card until a creature card is put into their graveyard this way.
  2. 2Any cards put into the graveyard by Helm of Obedience is put onto the bottom of that player's library.
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Legal formats

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