Carrion

Carrion

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

How we read this card

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

on-cast —

Create X 0/1 black Insect creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

on-cast — makes the sacrificed creature's power tokens

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create an Insect creature token, put an Insect creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Carrion, it triggers
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Carrion, it has the Ring tempt you
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Carrion, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Carrion:

  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 (Carrion is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Carrion:

  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

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

a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this (Carrion is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Carrion
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Carrion
  3. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes fodder for Carrion
  4. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Carrion

2,715 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 (Carrion is one).

Carrion puts cards into the graveyard that:

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

When a creature dies thanks to Carrion:

  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 token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Carrion is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Carrion:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Carrion is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Carrion makes an Insect token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 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 (Carrion is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Carrion, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Carrion, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Carrion, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Carrion, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Carrion, it makes a token
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Carrion, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Carrion, it triggers
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Carrion, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Carrion, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Carrion, it makes you lose life

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Carrion is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Carrion is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Carrion is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Carrion, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Carrion is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Carrion, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Carrion, it exiles itself

18 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 (Carrion is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Carrion fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Carrion fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Carrion puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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