Carnival // Carnage

Carnival // Carnage

Instant // Sorcery

Mana cost: {B/R} // {2}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Carnival deals 1 damage to target creature or planeswalker and 1 damage to that permanent's controller.

on-cast — deals 1 damage

on-cast — deals 1 damage

Carnage deals 3 damage to target opponent. That player discards two cards.

on-cast — deals 3 damage

on-cast —

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage, anything deals noncombat damage, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker deals noncombat damage — 357 cards in the game can cause this (Carnival is one).

  1. Tamanoa — When Carnival // Carnage deals noncombat damage, Tamanoa gains you that much life

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

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

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Carnival // Carnage:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Carnival is one).

When Carnival // Carnage deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph — deals 2 damage
  6. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  7. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  8. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Carnival is one).

When Carnival // Carnage makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

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

a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Carnival // Carnage costs

3,584 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Carnival is one).

When Carnival // Carnage is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  3. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  4. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  5. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  6. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  9. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — exiles a spell you control
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Carnival is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Carnival // Carnage, Soul Link gains you that much life

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