Inga Rune-EyesHow it works & interactions with other cards

Predicting the Future

When Inga Rune-Eyes enters the battlefield, her first ability triggers, allowing you to scry 3. You look at the top three cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order. This is a standard enter-the-battlefield trigger that helps you filter your draws regardless of what happens later.

The Death Toll

Inga's second ability is a conditional death trigger. For you to draw three cards, at least three creatures must have died during the turn, including Inga herself. The game checks this condition twice: once when she dies to see if the ability triggers, and again as the ability resolves to see if you actually draw. If at least three creatures haven't died by the time the ability resolves, you won't draw anything.

Timing and Strategy

Because the ability counts any creature that died, you can count your opponents' creatures as well as your own. If Inga dies during a combat where two other creatures also perish, the requirement is met. You can also respond to the death trigger by using an instant-speed removal spell or sacrifice outlet to ensure a third creature dies before Inga's ability resolves.

Interaction examples

Massive Card Advantage

Solemn Simulacrum

If Inga Rune-Eyes and Solemn Simulacrum are both destroyed by a board wipe along with a third creature, Inga's ability triggers. When it resolves, it checks how many creatures died this turn. Since three creatures died simultaneously, you draw three cards from Inga and one card from the Golem.

Doubling the Visions

Roaming Throne

With Roaming Throne on the battlefield naming Human, Inga's abilities trigger an additional time. When she enters, you scry 3 twice. If three creatures die during the turn (including Inga), her death ability triggers twice, allowing you to draw a total of six cards.

Strategic Sacrifice

If Inga Rune-Eyes is the only creature that dies in combat, her ability goes on the stack but currently sees only one death. If you sacrifice two other creatures in response to that trigger, the count becomes three. When the trigger finally resolves, it sees that three creatures died this turn, and you draw three cards.