Arbiter of Woe

Arbiter of Woe

Creature — Demon

Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}

How we read this card

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

static —

Flying
When this creature enters, each opponent discards a card and loses 2 life. You draw a card and gain 2 life.

triggered —

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

triggered — draws you 1 card

triggered — gains you 2 life

triggered — drains each opponent

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, discard a card, make a player lose life, draw a card, gain life.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Arbiter of Woe, it draws you cards
  2. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Arbiter of Woe, it exiles a Synth you control
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Arbiter of Woe, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Arbiter of Woe is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Arbiter of Woe onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Arbiter of Woe is one).

When Arbiter of Woe enters:

  1. Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Arbiter of Woe:

  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 (Arbiter of Woe is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Arbiter of Woe:

  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 card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Arbiter of Woe is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Arbiter of Woe:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Arbiter of Woe is one).

When Arbiter of Woe gains life:

  1. Titanbones, Towering Heart — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  2. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  4. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  6. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  8. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  10. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

84 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 (Arbiter of Woe is one).

Arbiter of Woe puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Edgar's Awakening — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back

803 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 (Arbiter of Woe is one).

  1. Toluz, Clever Conductor — When Toluz, Clever Conductor dies thanks to Arbiter of Woe, it triggers

23 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 (Arbiter of Woe is one).

Arbiter of Woe puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Pitchstone Wall — can bring back
  2. Containment Construct — can bring back
  3. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — can bring back

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Arbiter of Woe is one).

When Arbiter of Woe attacks:

  1. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  2. Cool but Rude — draws and discards

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Arbiter of Woe is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Arbiter of Woe attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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