Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor

Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard. If that creature or planeswalker would die this turn, exile it instead.

on-cast — deals damage

on-cast —

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage, exile a creature, exile a planeswalker, a creature leaves the battlefield, a planeswalker leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

an instant in a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

  1. Makeshift Mannequin — When Makeshift Mannequin is in the graveyard, Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor gets bigger
  2. Supper for Spiders — When Supper for Spiders is in the graveyard, Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor gets bigger

a planeswalker deals noncombat damage — 357 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

  1. Tamanoa — When Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor deals noncombat damage, Tamanoa gains you that much life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature or planeswalker is exiled thanks to Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

When Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

When Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  3. Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
  4. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  5. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  6. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  7. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  8. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 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 (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Shriveling Rot — kills it
  3. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  4. Hot Soup — kills a creature
  5. Cracked Skull — kills a creature
  6. Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
  7. Frozen Solid — kills a creature
  8. Mortal Wound — kills a creature
  9. Mire Blight — kills it
  10. Death Pits of Rath — kills it

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is one).

When Blitz of the Thunder-Raptor is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

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