Bloodsoaked Altar

Bloodsoaked Altar

Artifact

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

How we read this card

Create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {T}, Pay 2 life, Discard a card, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {T}, Pay 2 life, Discard a card, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {T}, Pay 2 life, Discard a card, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {T}, Pay 2 life, Discard a card, Sacrifice a creature — makes a token

Causes: make a player lose life, discard a card, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Demon creature token, put a Demon creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it has the Ring tempt you
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it exiles a Nightmare

a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

When a Demon enters thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar:

  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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar:

  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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar:

  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

20 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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

When Bloodsoaked Altar makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

52 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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

Bloodsoaked Altar 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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar:

  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 token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

When a Demon enters thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Bloodsoaked Altar makes a Demon token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Bloodsoaked Altar, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it makes a token
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it triggers
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it triggers

457 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 (Bloodsoaked Altar is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Bloodsoaked Altar, it exiles itself

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