Cauldron of Essence

Cauldron of Essence

Artifact

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

How we read this card

Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 1 life

triggered — gains you 1 life

triggered — drains each opponent

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {1}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {1}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature — brings a card back

Causes: make a player lose life, gain life, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature dies, a creature to sacrifice, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

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

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Cauldron of Essence, it exiles a Nightmare

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Cauldron of Essence is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cauldron of Essence:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

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

When you sacrifice a creature to Cauldron of Essence:

  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 (Cauldron of Essence is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cauldron of Essence:

  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

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Cauldron of Essence is one).

When Cauldron of Essence gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Cauldron of Essence is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cauldron of Essence:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 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.

  1. Havengul Lich — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Havengul Lich can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Krile Baldesion can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — Cauldron of Essence puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  11. Swarmborn Giant — When Swarmborn Giant is in the graveyard, Cauldron of Essence can bring it back
  12. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  13. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  14. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  15. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  16. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  17. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  18. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  19. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back
  20. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Cauldron of Essence can bring back

1,547 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 (Cauldron of Essence is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Cauldron of Essence:

  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

66 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.

  1. Fire Navy Trebuchet — When a Construct dies thanks to Fire Navy Trebuchet, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Salt Road Skirmish — When a Warrior dies thanks to Salt Road Skirmish, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Old Man Willow — When a creature dies thanks to Old Man Willow, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Ghoulcaller's Harvest — When a Zombie dies thanks to Ghoulcaller's Harvest, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Ghoulish Procession — When a Zombie dies thanks to Ghoulish Procession, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Curse of the Restless Dead — When a Zombie dies thanks to Curse of the Restless Dead, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Mordor Trebuchet — When a Construct dies thanks to Mordor Trebuchet, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Broken Visage — When a Spirit dies thanks to Broken Visage, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. No Way Out — When a Zombie dies thanks to No Way Out, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia — When a Zombie dies thanks to Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, Cauldron of Essence makes each opponent lose 1 life

2,820 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Cauldron of Essence is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Cauldron of Essence fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 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 (Cauldron of Essence is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters thanks to Cauldron of Essence, it triggers
  2. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters thanks to Cauldron of Essence, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature

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