Casualties of War

Casualties of War

Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}{G}{G}

How we read this card

Destroy target artifact.

on-cast —

Destroy target creature.

on-cast —

Destroy target enchantment.

on-cast —

Destroy target land.

on-cast —

Destroy target planeswalker.

on-cast —

Causes: you face a dilemma, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

Casualties of War puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring back
  2. The Eldest Reborn — can bring back
  3. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — can bring back
  4. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — can bring back
  5. Breach the Multiverse — can bring back
  6. Command the Dreadhorde — can bring back
  7. Narset, Enlightened Exile — can bring back
  8. Fallaji Archaeologist — can bring back
  9. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — can bring back

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

a land in a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

Casualties of War puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  2. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back
  3. Dread Tiller — can bring back
  4. Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist — can bring back
  5. Smuggler's Surprise — can bring back
  6. Mikey & Mona, Mutant Sitters — can bring back
  7. Pulse of Murasa — can bring back
  8. T'Chaka, Venerable King — can bring back
  9. Sparring Dummy — can bring back
  10. Waking the Trolls — can bring back

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

a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

When a land is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Casualties of War:

  1. Vastwood Zendikon — brings a card back
  2. Nissa's Zendikon — brings a card back
  3. Corrupted Zendikon — brings a card back
  4. Guardian Zendikon — brings a card back
  5. Crusher Zendikon — brings a card back
  6. Wind Zendikon — brings a card back
  7. Akki Raider — gets +1/+0
  8. Dingus Egg — deals 2 damage
  9. Genju of the Realm — returns itself from the graveyard

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

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

When Casualties of War poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

Casualties of War puts cards into the:

  1. Saprazzan Bailiff — graveyard that Saprazzan Bailiff can bring back
  2. Open the Vaults — graveyard that Open the Vaults can bring back
  3. Mine Excavation — graveyard that Mine Excavation can bring back
  4. Cantivore — graveyard, and Cantivore gets bigger

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

  1. Femeref Enchantress — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Casualties of War, Femeref Enchantress draws you 1 card

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

Casualties of War puts cards into the:

  1. Queen Kayla bin-Kroog — graveyard that Queen Kayla bin-Kroog can bring back
  2. Beacon of Unrest — graveyard that Beacon of Unrest can bring back
  3. Goblin Welder — graveyard that Goblin Welder can bring back
  4. Tomakul Scrapsmith — graveyard that Tomakul Scrapsmith can bring back
  5. Anrakyr the Traveller — graveyard that Anrakyr the Traveller can bring back
  6. Scrap Mastery — graveyard that Scrap Mastery can bring back
  7. Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo — graveyard that Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo can bring back
  8. Keeper of the Cadence — graveyard that Keeper of the Cadence can bring back
  9. Grasping Tentacles — graveyard that Grasping Tentacles can bring back
  10. Slag Fiend — graveyard, and Slag Fiend gets bigger

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Casualties of War:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  6. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

36 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 (Casualties of War is one).

Casualties of War puts cards into the:

  1. Tombstone Stairwell — graveyard, and Tombstone Stairwell gets bigger
  2. Necromancy — graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back

806 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 (Casualties of War is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Casualties of War:

  1. Glissa, the Traitor — brings a card back
  2. Salvaging Station — untaps itself

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

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

When Casualties of War is cast:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — gets +1/+1

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Casualties of War is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Casualties of War, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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