Brain Weevil

Brain Weevil

Creature — Insect

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Intimidate
Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated Sacrifice this creature —

activated Sacrifice this creature —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Insect is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 18 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Weevil is one).

When Brain Weevil is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Zask, Skittering Swarmlord — brings a card back
  2. Aatchik, Emerald Radian — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an Insect attacks — 323 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Weevil is one).

When Brain Weevil attacks:

  1. Vrestin, Menoptra Leader — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

  1. Bag of Devouring — When you sacrifice Brain Weevil, Bag of Devouring exiles it

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Weevil is one).

When you sacrifice Brain Weevil:

  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 (Brain Weevil is one).

When Brain Weevil 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. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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 (Brain Weevil is one).

When Brain Weevil is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it 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 (Brain Weevil is one).

When Brain Weevil dies:

  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 dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Brain Weevil is one).

When Brain Weevil dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

457 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 (Brain Weevil is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Brain Weevil attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

149 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 (Brain Weevil is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Brain Weevil attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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