Attrition

Attrition

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy target nonblack creature.

activated {B}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {B}, Sacrifice a creature —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

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

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

When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition:

  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 (Attrition is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition:

  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 (Attrition is one).

Attrition 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. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Attrition is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — When a creature dies thanks to Attrition, Vraska, the Silencer brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Yedora, Grave Gardener brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Decaying Soil brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When a creature dies thanks to Attrition, Overseer of the Damned makes a token

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 (Attrition is one).

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

451 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 (Attrition is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Attrition:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  6. 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 (Attrition is one).

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

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Attrition is one).

When Attrition is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  3. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  5. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Attrition is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Attrition, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 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 (Attrition is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Attrition, it exiles itself

14 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 (Attrition is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Attrition fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Attrition fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Attrition puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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