Capricious Hellraiser
Creature — Phyrexian Dragon
Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}{R}
How we read this card
This spell costs {3} less to cast if you have nine or more cards in your graveyard.
static — costs 3 less
Flying
When this creature enters, exile three cards at random from your graveyard. Choose a noncreature, nonland card from among them and copy it. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
triggered —
triggered — copies a permanent
triggered —
Causes: exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, copy an artifact, copy a battle, copy an enchantment, copy an instant, copy a planeswalker, copy a sorcery, cast an artifact, cast a battle, cast an enchantment, cast an instant, cast a planeswalker, cast a sorcery.
Cares about: a card in a graveyard.
Works well with
hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.
- Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Polymorph — Polymorph can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
- Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Capricious Hellraiser onto the battlefield from your library
10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is copied — 83 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
When an instant is copied thanks to Capricious Hellraiser:
- Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
- Storm-Kiln Artist — makes a token
- Professor Onyx — makes each opponent lose 2 life
- Zaffai, Thunder Conductor — scries
- Deekah, Fractal Theorist — makes a token
- Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
- Sedgemoor Witch — makes a token
- Witherbloom Apprentice — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Jadzi, Oracle of Arcavios // Journey to the Oracle — puts a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle onto the battlefield
- Ashling, Flame Dancer — draws and discards
21 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an instant is copied — 87 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
- Kalamax, the Stormsire — When an instant is copied thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Kalamax, the Stormsire puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
31 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
- Defiler of Instinct — When Capricious Hellraiser is cast, Defiler of Instinct deals 1 damage
- Primeval Bounty — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Primeval Bounty puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Thor, God of Thunder deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Krile Baldesion brings a card back
- Summon: Good King Mog XII — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Summon: Good King Mog XII makes a token
- Kykar, Wind's Fury — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Kykar, Wind's Fury makes a token
- Tellah, Great Sage — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Tellah, Great Sage makes a token
- Blood Funnel — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Blood Funnel sacrifices a creature
- Artist's Talent — When an artifact is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Artist's Talent draws and discards
235 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
- Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
- Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to Capricious Hellraiser, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
- Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When Capricious Hellraiser is cast, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers
246 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
When Capricious Hellraiser deals combat damage:
- Parapet Thrasher — triggers
- Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
- Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers
a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
When Capricious Hellraiser enters:
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token
a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.
- Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Capricious Hellraiser counters as it enters
487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Phyrexian attacks — 495 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
- Vulpine Harvester — When Capricious Hellraiser attacks, Vulpine Harvester brings a card back
a nontoken Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 496 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
- Darksteel Splicer — When Capricious Hellraiser enters, Darksteel Splicer makes a token
a Dragon creature it boosts — 523 cards in the game can cause this.
- Crucible of Fire — Crucible of Fire gives Capricious Hellraiser bigger stats
522 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Capricious Hellraiser is one).
- Essence of Orthodoxy — When Capricious Hellraiser enters, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent
put a card into a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.
- Irreverent Gremlin — Irreverent Gremlin fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — Inti, Seneschal of the Sun fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Pyrewild Shaman — Pyrewild Shaman fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Descendants' Fury — Descendants' Fury fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act — Pompous Battlemage // Improvised Act fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Fugitive Codebreaker — Fugitive Codebreaker fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Bedlam Reveler — Bedlam Reveler fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Dragon's Rage Channeler — Dragon's Rage Channeler fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Relic Golem — Relic Golem fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
- Tersa Lightshatter — Tersa Lightshatter fills your graveyard toward the 9 or more cards Capricious Hellraiser needs
7,579 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this.
When Capricious Hellraiser:
- Pollywog Prodigy — enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself
- Guild Feud — enters thanks to Guild Feud, it exiles a card from your graveyard
327 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.