Carnage Interpreter

Carnage Interpreter

Creature — Devil Detective

Mana cost: {1}{B/R}{B/R}

How we read this card

When this creature enters, discard your hand, then investigate four times.

triggered —

triggered —

As long as you have one or fewer cards in hand, this creature gets +2/+2 and has menace.

static — gives +2/+2

static — grants a keyword

Causes: discard a card, create a Clue artifact token, put a Clue artifact token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Detective enters the battlefield — 148 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When Carnage Interpreter enters:

  1. Case of the Pilfered Proof — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Projektor Inspector — draws you 1 card
  3. Perimeter Enforcer — gets +1/+1

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When Carnage Interpreter 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

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When a Clue enters thanks to Carnage Interpreter:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes a token
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When Carnage Interpreter makes a Clue token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When a Clue enters thanks to Carnage Interpreter:

  1. Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
  2. Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
  4. Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
  5. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Mechan Assembler — makes a token
  7. Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
  8. Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
  9. Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
  10. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Vessel of Endless Rest can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Thor, God of Thunder — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  5. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  6. Harness the Storm — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Carnage Interpreter fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Carnage Interpreter puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Carnage Interpreter:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  3. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  4. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

7 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 (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When Carnage Interpreter attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers

131 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 (Carnage Interpreter is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Carnage Interpreter attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

When Carnage Interpreter enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Carnage Interpreter is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Carnage Interpreter enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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