Closing Statement

Closing Statement

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{W}{B}

How we read this card

This spell costs {2} less to cast during your end step.

on-cast — costs less

Destroy target creature or planeswalker you don't control. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.

on-cast —

on-cast — puts a counter on it

Causes: a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put a counter on a creature.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Closing Statement is one).

Closing Statement puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring back
  2. The Eldest Reborn — can bring back
  3. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — can bring back
  4. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — can bring back
  5. Breach the Multiverse — can bring back
  6. Command the Dreadhorde — can bring back
  7. Narset, Enlightened Exile — can bring back
  8. Fallaji Archaeologist — can bring back
  9. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — can bring back

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

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Closing Statement is one).

When a creature gets a counter thanks to Closing Statement:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  6. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  7. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  9. Knight of Wundagore — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — puts a counter on a permanent

31 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 (Closing Statement is one).

Closing Statement puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back

799 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 (Closing Statement is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Closing Statement:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

60 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 (Closing Statement is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Closing Statement:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries
  5. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  7. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  8. Missy — brings a card back
  9. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  10. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Closing Statement is one).

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — When a creature or planeswalker hits the graveyard thanks to Closing Statement, Lorcan, Warlock Collector brings a card back

13 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 (Closing Statement is one).

When Closing Statement is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  4. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
  5. Forum Necroscribe — brings a card back
  6. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  7. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  8. Pink Horror — deals 2 damage
  9. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

428 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 (Closing Statement is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Closing Statement puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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