Cease // Desist

Cease // Desist

Instant // Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{B/G} // {4}{G/W}{G/W}

How we read this card

Exile up to two target cards from a single graveyard. Target player gains 2 life and draws a card.

on-cast — hits a graveyard

on-cast — gains you 2 life

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Destroy all artifacts and enchantments.

on-cast —

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, gain life, draw a card, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

Cease // Desist puts cards into the:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — graveyard that Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring back
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — graveyard that Moment of Reckoning can bring back
  8. Serra Paragon — graveyard that Serra Paragon can bring back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — graveyard that Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back

104 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 (Cease is one).

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Neva, Stalked by Nightmares puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Knight of Doves makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Warehouse Tabby makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Starfield Mystic puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Femeref Enchantress draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Savior of the Sleeping puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Ashiok's Reaper draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Wicked Visitor makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Scrapheap — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Scrapheap gains you 1 life
  10. Martyr's Bond — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Loran, Disciple of History can bring back
  2. Trading Post — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Trading Post can bring back
  3. Goblin Engineer — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Goblin Engineer can bring back
  4. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer can bring back
  5. Scrap Welder — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Scrap Welder can bring back
  6. Kami of Industry — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Kami of Industry can bring back
  7. Trash for Treasure — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Trash for Treasure can bring back
  8. Daretti, Scrap Savant — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Daretti, Scrap Savant can bring back
  9. Dr. Madison Li — Cease // Desist puts cards into the graveyard that Dr. Madison Li can bring back
  10. Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic — Cease // Desist fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more creature or artifact cards Lorehold Archivist // Restore Relic needs

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Cease is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Cease is one).

When an artifact or enchantment hits the graveyard thanks to Cease // Desist:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist:

  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. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  6. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  7. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  9. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  10. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Cease is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When an artifact leaves the battlefield thanks to Cease // Desist, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

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

When Cease // Desist 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

85 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 (Cease is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Cease // Desist is cast, Electro, Assaulting Battery adds 1 mana

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

an instant it makes cheaper to cast — 3,773 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Cease // Desist costs

3,772 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Cease // Desist makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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