Chthonian Nightmare

Chthonian Nightmare

Enchantment

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

When this enchantment enters, you get {E}{E}{E} .

triggered —

Pay X {E}, Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

static —

static — bounce

static — brings a card back

Causes: put a counter on anything, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, an enchantment leaves the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

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

Works well with

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

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

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Chthonian Nightmare:

  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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Chthonian Nightmare:

  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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Chthonian Nightmare:

  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.

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Chthonian Nightmare:

  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. Necromancy — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  2. Diabolic Servitude — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Diabolic Servitude can bring back
  3. Havengul Lich — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Havengul Lich can bring back
  4. Liliana the Repentant — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  5. Paleoloth — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  6. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
  7. Banon, the Returners' Leader — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
  8. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
  9. Sword of Light and Shadow — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  10. Necromantic Thirst — Chthonian Nightmare puts cards into the graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  11. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  12. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  13. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  14. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  15. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  16. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  17. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  18. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  19. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back
  20. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard that Chthonian Nightmare can bring back

1,346 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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Chthonian Nightmare:

  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

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

put an enchantment onto the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Eldrazi Confluence — When Chthonian Nightmare enters thanks to Eldrazi Confluence, it puts a counter on a permanent you control

3,742 other cards cause 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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Chthonian Nightmare, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

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

32 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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Chthonian Nightmare 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.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Chthonian Nightmare, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Chthonian Nightmare, it mills a card
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters thanks to Chthonian Nightmare, it mills a card
  4. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters thanks to Chthonian Nightmare, it kills a creature an opponent controls

460 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 (Chthonian Nightmare is one).

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

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