Price$0.60 – $2.03
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Enchantment — Aura
LegalCard DrawRank #597
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
KeywordsEnchant
Why is this card good?
Curiosity is a cheap card-draw engine that ranges from "fine value" to "I win the game" depending on your shell.
The famous combo: enchant Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind (or Niv-Mizzet, Parun). Niv pings a creature/player when you draw; Curiosity draws when Niv deals damage — that loops infinitely, dealing lethal to the whole table. Curiosity is a one-mana win condition in those decks, and similar pairings exist (Tandem Lookout/Ophidian Eye are redundant copies).
Outside the combo, it's a budget draw enabler for spellslinger/Izzet "value" decks built around an unblockable or evasive commander you want to attack with repeatedly. It triggers off any damage to an opponent, so it pairs well with low-cost evasive threats or hexproof/shroud creatures you can safely invest in.
Skip it if your creature lacks evasion — a chump-blocked attacker draws you nothing, and an Aura on a removable body is card disadvantage. It's only worth a slot when you've got a reliable damage outlet or the Niv package to abuse it.
Related cards
Ophidian Eye
Same effect: draw when enchanted creature deals combat damage.
Snake Umbra
Curiosity effect plus totem armor protection.
Keen Sense
Functionally identical card-draw aura on a creature dealing damage.
Tandem Lookout
Soulbond version granting the draw-on-damage trigger to a creature.
Coastal Piracy
Draw whenever creatures deal combat damage to players, deck-wide.
Bident of Thassa
Anthem-style draw when your creatures hit opponents.
Reconnaissance Mission
Draw a card per attacker that deals combat damage to a player.
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Classic combo partner with Curiosity for infinite draw and damage.
Printings (10)
Combos (8)
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Curiosity
→ Infinite card draw, Near-infinite damage
- Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Curiosity
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite damage
- Glint-Horn Buccaneer + Curiosity
→ Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging, Infinite self-discard triggers
- Brallin, Skyshark Rider + Curiosity
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Magmakin Artillerist + Curiosity
→ Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers, Infinite draw triggers
- The Locust God + Curiosity + Witty Roastmaster
→ Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite damage
Rulings (5)
- 2023-09-01
Curiosity doesn't trigger if the enchanted creature deals damage to a planeswalker or to a battle.
- 2023-09-01
You draw one card each time the enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, no matter how much damage it deals.
- 2023-09-01
If you control Curiosity and it's enchanting an opponent's creature, you won't draw a card when that creature deals damage to you. The creature has to deal damage to one of your opponents for the ability to trigger.
- 2011-09-22
"You" refers to the controller of Curiosity, which may be different from the controller of the enchanted creature. "An opponent" refers to an opponent of Curiosity's controller.
- 2011-09-22
Any damage dealt by the enchanted creature to an opponent will cause Curiosity to trigger, not just combat damage.