Altar of Dementia

Altar of Dementia

Artifact

Mana cost: {2}

How we read this card

Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

activated Sacrifice a creature —

activated Sacrifice a creature — mills a card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, mill a card.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Altar of Dementia, it exiles a Nightmare

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When Altar of Dementia makes a player mill a card, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

Altar of Dementia puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Chorale of the Void — can bring back
  7. Whispersteel Dagger — can bring back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Altar of Dementia, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Altar of Dementia, it triggers
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  9. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Altar of Dementia, it makes you lose life
  10. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns dies thanks to Altar of Dementia, it exiles itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Altar of Dementia, Lorcan, Warlock Collector brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Altar of Dementia, Robot Domination draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Altar of Dementia, Lazav, Dimir Mastermind copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Altar of Dementia, Profane Memento gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Altar of Dementia, Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Altar of Dementia, Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit triggers

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice a creature to Altar of Dementia, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

When Altar of Dementia is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Altar of Dementia, it exiles itself

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Altar of Dementia is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Altar of Dementia fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  2. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Altar of Dementia puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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