Bone Shards

Bone Shards

Sorcery

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

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

on-cast —

on-cast —

Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

on-cast —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, discard a card, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Bone Shards, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Bone Shards, it exiles a Nightmare

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Bone Shards is one).

Bone Shards puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — graveyard that Moment of Reckoning can bring back
  8. Serra Paragon — graveyard that Serra Paragon can bring back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — graveyard that Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back

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

a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Bone Shards is one).

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Massacre Girl, Most Wanted deals 1 damage
  2. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Kaya's Ghostform brings a card back
  3. Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord gains you 1 life
  4. Cruel Celebrant — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Cruel Celebrant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Rising Populace — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Rising Populace puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Ajani's Last Stand — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Ajani's Last Stand sacrifices itself
  7. Martyr's Bond — When a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Bone Shards, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Bone Shards:

  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 (Bone Shards is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Bone Shards:

  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 (Bone Shards is one).

When Bone Shards 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 (Bone Shards is one).

Bone Shards puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Paleoloth — can bring back
  3. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  4. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  5. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  6. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  7. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  8. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  9. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back
  10. Ruthless Technomancer — 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 (Bone Shards is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back

62 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 (Bone Shards is one).

  1. Sangromancer — When a creature dies thanks to Bone Shards, Sangromancer gains you 3 life

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