Cruel Reality

Cruel Reality

Enchantment — Aura Curse

Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If the player can't, they lose 5 life.

triggered —

triggered — makes each opponent lose 5 life

Causes: sacrifice a creature, sacrifice a planeswalker, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, make a player lose life.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

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

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

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

Cruel Reality puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  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

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

a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Reality is one).

  1. Carth the Lion — When a planeswalker dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Carth the Lion searches a library
  2. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Massacre Girl, Most Wanted deals 1 damage
  3. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Kaya's Ghostform brings a card back
  4. Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord gains you 1 life
  5. Cruel Celebrant — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Cruel Celebrant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Rising Populace — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Rising Populace puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ajani's Last Stand — When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality, Ajani's Last Stand sacrifices itself
  8. Martyr's Bond — When a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Cruel Reality, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

an Aura enters the battlefield — 1,257 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Reality is one).

When Cruel Reality enters:

  1. Tanglespan Lookout — draws you 1 card
  2. Chishiro, the Shattered Blade — makes a token

4 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 (Cruel Reality is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cruel Reality:

  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 (Cruel Reality is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Cruel Reality:

  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 creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Reality is one).

Cruel Reality puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Paleoloth — can bring back
  3. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  4. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  5. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  6. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  7. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  8. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  9. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back
  10. Ruthless Technomancer — 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 (Cruel Reality is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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 (Cruel Reality is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Cruel Reality:

  1. Abduction — brings a card back
  2. Fate Foretold — makes a player draw 1 card
  3. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life

459 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 (Cruel Reality is one).

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

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Reality is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Cruel Reality, it exiles itself

15 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 (Cruel Reality is one).

Cruel Reality fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Locked in the Cemetery — 5 or more cards Locked in the Cemetery needs

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