Cruel Witness
Creature — Bird Horror
Mana cost: {2}{U}{U}
How we read this card
Flying
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, surveil 1.
triggered — surveils
Causes: surveil.
Cares about: an artifact is cast, a battle is cast, an enchantment is cast, an instant is cast, a planeswalker is cast, a sorcery is cast.
Works well with
cast a battle — 100 cards in the game can cause this.
- Madame Web, Clairvoyant — When a Spider is cast thanks to Madame Web, Clairvoyant, Cruel Witness surveils
- The Key to the Vault — When The Key to the Vault is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Jace, Architect of Thought — When Jace, Architect of Thought is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders — When Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Reenact the Crime — When Reenact the Crime is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Treasure Keeper — When an artifact is cast thanks to Treasure Keeper, Cruel Witness surveils
- Vision, Spectral Synthezoid — When a Robot is cast thanks to Vision, Spectral Synthezoid, Cruel Witness surveils
- Haldan, Avid Arcanist — When an artifact is cast thanks to Haldan, Avid Arcanist, Cruel Witness surveils
- Yue, the Moon Spirit — When an artifact is cast thanks to Yue, the Moon Spirit, Cruel Witness surveils
- Wondrous Crucible — When Wondrous Crucible is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
90 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
cast a planeswalker — 361 cards in the game can cause this.
- Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator — When Kaito, Cunning Infiltrator is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Tezzeret, Cruel Captain — When Tezzeret, Cruel Captain is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim — When Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Karn, Scion of Urza — When Karn, Scion of Urza is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Chandra, Chill of Compliance — When Chandra, Chill of Compliance is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Jace, Cunning Castaway — When Jace, Cunning Castaway is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor — When Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Tezzeret, Artifice Master — When Tezzeret, Artifice Master is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- The Theorist, Jace Beleren — When The Theorist, Jace Beleren is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Mordenkainen — When Mordenkainen is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
351 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Witness is one).
- Captain N'ghathrod — When Cruel Witness deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card
a Bird creature is cast — 486 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Witness is one).
- Chocobo Camp — When Cruel Witness 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 (Cruel Witness is one).
- Kastral, the Windcrested — When Cruel Witness deals combat damage, Kastral, the Windcrested triggers
a nontoken Bird enters the battlefield — 487 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Witness is one).
- Knightfisher — When Cruel Witness enters, Knightfisher makes a token
a Bird enters the battlefield — 538 cards in the game can cause this (Cruel Witness is one).
- Salvation Swan — When Cruel Witness enters, Salvation Swan flickers a creature you control
1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
cast an enchantment — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this.
- Candlekeep Sage — When Candlekeep Sage is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Dragon Wings — When Dragon Wings is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- They Came from the Pipes — When They Came from the Pipes is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Illusory Gains — When Illusory Gains is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Intruder Alarm — When Intruder Alarm is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions — When Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Overburden — When Overburden is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Kozilek's Unsealing — When Kozilek's Unsealing is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Thopter Spy Network — When Thopter Spy Network is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Mirror Mockery — When Mirror Mockery is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
3,663 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
cast an artifact — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this.
- Relic Amulet — When Relic Amulet is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Chimeric Egg — When Chimeric Egg is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Tome of Legends — When Tome of Legends is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Sword of Wealth and Power — When Sword of Wealth and Power is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Cloudstone Curio — When Cloudstone Curio is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Contested Game Ball — When Contested Game Ball is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Portcullis — When Portcullis is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Symmetry Matrix — When Symmetry Matrix is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Decoction Module — When Decoction Module is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Sword of the Meek — When Sword of the Meek is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
3,673 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
cast a sorcery — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this.
- Mission Briefing — When Mission Briefing is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Sorcerous Squall — When Sorcerous Squall is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Flawless Forgery — When Flawless Forgery is cast, Cruel Witness surveils
- Spectral Arcanist — When an instant is cast thanks to Spectral Arcanist, Cruel Witness surveils
- Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound, Cruel Witness surveils
- Diviner of Mist — When an instant is cast thanks to Diviner of Mist, Cruel Witness surveils
- Jace's Mindseeker — When an instant is cast thanks to Jace's Mindseeker, Cruel Witness surveils
- Helmut Zemo, Mastermind — When an instant is cast thanks to Helmut Zemo, Mastermind, Cruel Witness surveils
- Quistis Trepe — When an instant is cast thanks to Quistis Trepe, Cruel Witness surveils
- Daring Waverider — When an instant is cast thanks to Daring Waverider, Cruel Witness surveils
3,710 other cards cause 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 Witness is one).
- Samwise Gamgee — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
- Bloodbond March — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
- Thor, God of Thunder — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
- Harness the Storm — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
- Transplant Theorist — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
- Heart-Shaped Herb — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
- Wayward Angel — Cruel Witness fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
- Rescue from the Underworld — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
- Victimize — Cruel Witness puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.