Decree of Pain

Decree of Pain

Sorcery

Mana cost: {6}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy all creatures. They can't be regenerated. Draw a card for each creature destroyed this way.

on-cast —

on-cast — draws you cards

Cycling {3}{B}{B}
When you cycle this card, all creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

triggered — shrinks a creature by -2/-2

Causes: a creature dies, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Decree of Pain is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Decree of Pain, it draws you cards
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Decree of Pain, it triggers
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Decree of Pain, it exiles a Nightmare

a sorcery is discarded — 68 cards in the game can cause this (Decree of Pain is one).

When Decree of Pain makes a player discard a card:

  1. Bone Miser — draws you 1 card
  2. Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer — brings a card back
  3. Conspiracy Theorist — brings a card back
  4. Veronica, Dissident Scribe — makes a token
  5. Green Goblin, Nemesis — puts a counter on a Goblin
  6. Surly Badgersaur — deals damage

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Decree of Pain is one).

When Decree of Pain 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.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Decree of Pain is one).

Decree of Pain puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Edgar's Awakening — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  10. Krile Baldesion — 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 (Decree of Pain is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain:

  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 (Decree of Pain is one).

  1. Sangromancer — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Sangromancer gains you 3 life
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Decree of Pain, it draws you 1 card
  7. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Decree of Pain, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Decree of Pain, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Decree of Pain, it makes you lose life

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 (Decree of Pain is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Decree of Pain:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

8 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 (Decree of Pain is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Decree of Pain, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

31 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 (Decree of Pain is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Decree of Pain, it exiles itself

17 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 (Decree of Pain is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Decree of Pain fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Decree of Pain fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Decree of Pain is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

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