Circling Vultures

Circling Vultures

Creature — Bird

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

Flying
You may discard this card any time you could cast an instant.

static —

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.

triggered —

triggered —

Causes: discard a card, exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a Bird is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 19 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Soulcatchers' Aerie — When Circling Vultures is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Soulcatchers' Aerie puts a feather counter on itself

a Bird attacks — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

When Circling Vultures attacks:

  1. Hermes, Overseer of Elpis — scries
  2. Choco, Seeker of Paradise — puts a land onto the battlefield

a Bird creature is cast — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Chocobo Camp — When Circling Vultures is cast, it arrives with counters thanks to Chocobo Camp

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

a Bird deals combat damage — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Kastral, the Windcrested — When Circling Vultures deals combat damage, Kastral, the Windcrested triggers

a nontoken Bird enters the battlefield — 487 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Knightfisher — When Circling Vultures enters, Knightfisher makes a token

a Bird enters the battlefield — 538 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Salvation Swan — When Circling Vultures enters, Salvation Swan flickers a creature you control

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

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. The War Games — When Circling Vultures is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

When Circling Vultures is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

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

When Circling Vultures leaves a graveyard:

  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 (Circling Vultures is one).

When you sacrifice Circling Vultures:

  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 (Circling Vultures is one).

When you sacrifice Circling Vultures:

  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.

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

When Circling Vultures 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

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Circling Vultures is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Circling Vultures, it triggers

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

When Circling Vultures leaves a graveyard:

  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

14 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 (Circling Vultures is one).

When Circling Vultures is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Edgar's Awakening — can bring it back

807 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 (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Circling Vultures is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Circling Vultures is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Circling Vultures attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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