Cathartic Pyre

Cathartic Pyre

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

Cathartic Pyre deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker.

on-cast — deals 3 damage

Discard up to two cards, then draw that many cards.

on-cast —

on-cast — draws you that many cards

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage, discard a card, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

  1. Tamanoa — When Cathartic Pyre deals noncombat damage, Tamanoa gains you that much life

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 (Cathartic Pyre is one).

When Cathartic Pyre 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

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

When Cathartic Pyre 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.

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

When Cathartic Pyre 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. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  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.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Cathartic Pyre is one).

When Cathartic Pyre makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

57 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 (Cathartic Pyre is one).

When Cathartic Pyre 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. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  5. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  6. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  7. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  8. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

427 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 (Cathartic Pyre is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Charnelhoard Wurm can bring back
  2. Samwise Gamgee — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  3. Bloodbond March — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  4. Transplant Theorist — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  5. Heart-Shaped Herb — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  6. Wayward Angel — Cathartic Pyre fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  7. Rescue from the Underworld — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  8. Victimize — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  9. Bound // Determined — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back
  10. Enlightened Confidant — Cathartic Pyre puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant 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 (Cathartic Pyre is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Cathartic Pyre:

  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.

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

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Cathartic Pyre:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Shriveling Rot — kills it

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