Dark Intimations

Dark Intimations

Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{U}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Each opponent sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice, then discards a card. You return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand, then draw a card.

on-cast —

on-cast —

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast — draws you 1 card

When you cast a Bolas planeswalker spell, exile this card from your graveyard. That planeswalker enters with an additional loyalty counter on it.

triggered —

triggered — arrives with counters

Causes: sacrifice a creature, sacrifice a planeswalker, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, discard a card, a creature leaves a graveyard, a planeswalker leaves a graveyard, draw a card, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: a Bolas planeswalker is cast, a creature in a graveyard, a planeswalker in a graveyard.

Works well with

cast a Bolas planeswalker — 4 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver — When Nicol Bolas, the Deceiver is cast, Dark Intimations exiles a card from a graveyard
  2. Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God — When Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God is cast, Dark Intimations exiles a card from a graveyard
  3. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker — When Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is cast, Dark Intimations exiles a card from a graveyard
  4. Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh — When Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh is cast, Dark Intimations exiles a card from a graveyard

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer can bring back
  2. The Eldest Reborn — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that The Eldest Reborn can bring back
  3. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Yawgmoth's Vile Offering can bring back
  4. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen can bring back
  5. Breach the Multiverse — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Breach the Multiverse can bring back
  6. Command the Dreadhorde — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Command the Dreadhorde can bring back
  7. Narset, Enlightened Exile — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Narset, Enlightened Exile can bring back
  8. Fallaji Archaeologist — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Fallaji Archaeologist can bring back
  9. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Chandra, Chill of Compliance can bring back
  10. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  11. Loot, the Anomaly — Loot, the Anomaly puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  12. Braids's Frightful Return — Braids's Frightful Return puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  13. Scavenger's Talent — Scavenger's Talent puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  14. Dreamshaper Shaman — Dreamshaper Shaman puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  15. Eradicator Valkyrie — Eradicator Valkyrie puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  16. Winter, Tormented Loner — Winter, Tormented Loner puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  17. Blood on the Snow — Blood on the Snow puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  18. Lethal Throwdown — Lethal Throwdown puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  19. Bone Shards — Bone Shards puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back

119 other cards care 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 (Dark Intimations is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Dark Intimations:

  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 (Dark Intimations is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Dark Intimations, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Dark Intimations is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Dark Intimations:

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

22 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 (Dark Intimations is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Dark Intimations:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  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 (Dark Intimations is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Dark Intimations is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

When a creature or planeswalker leaves a graveyard thanks to Dark Intimations:

  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. Chainer, Dementia Master — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Crypt Champion can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — Dark Intimations puts cards into the graveyard that Push // Pull can bring back
  7. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  8. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  9. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  10. Total War — Total War puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  11. Toxic Stench — Toxic Stench puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  12. Skirsdag Flayer — Skirsdag Flayer puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  13. Polymorph — Polymorph puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  14. Mephitic Ooze — Mephitic Ooze puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  15. Terisiare's Devastation — Terisiare's Devastation puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back
  16. Cacophony Unleashed — Cacophony Unleashed puts cards into the graveyard that Dark Intimations can bring back

904 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 (Dark Intimations is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Dark Intimations:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

68 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 (Dark Intimations is one).

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — When a creature dies thanks to Dark Intimations, Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity brings a card back

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Dark Intimations is one).

When Dark Intimations is cast:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Dark Intimations is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Dark Intimations makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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