Demon of Dark Schemes

Demon of Dark Schemes

Creature — Demon

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

How we read this card

Flying
When this creature enters, all other creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

triggered — shrinks a creature by -2/-2

Whenever another creature dies, you get {E} .

triggered — puts a counter on it

{2}{B}, Pay {E}{E}{E}{E}: Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield tapped under your control.

static — brings a card back

Causes: a creature dies, put a counter on anything, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature dies, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Demon of Dark Schemes, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Demon of Dark Schemes, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Demon of Dark Schemes onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

When Demon of Dark Schemes enters:

  1. Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

When Demon of Dark Schemes leaves a graveyard:

  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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

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

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

When Demon of Dark Schemes leaves a graveyard:

  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. Havengul Lich — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Havengul Lich can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Krile Baldesion can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — Demon of Dark Schemes puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
  11. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  12. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  13. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  14. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  15. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  16. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  17. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  18. Termination Facilitator — Termination Facilitator puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  19. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  20. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back

1,744 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 (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Demon of Dark Schemes:

  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.

  1. Fire Navy Trebuchet — When a Construct dies thanks to Fire Navy Trebuchet, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Ghoulish Procession — When a Zombie dies thanks to Ghoulish Procession, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Curse of the Restless Dead — When a Zombie dies thanks to Curse of the Restless Dead, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mordor Trebuchet — When a Construct dies thanks to Mordor Trebuchet, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  5. No Way Out — When a Zombie dies thanks to No Way Out, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia — When a Zombie dies thanks to Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  7. Tainted Adversary — When a Zombie dies thanks to Tainted Adversary, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  8. Diregraf Horde — When a Zombie dies thanks to Diregraf Horde, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  9. Hobbling Zombie — When a Zombie dies thanks to Hobbling Zombie, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Hornet Cannon — When an Insect dies thanks to Hornet Cannon, Demon of Dark Schemes puts a counter on a permanent

2,820 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

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

33 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 (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Demon of Dark Schemes fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Demon of Dark Schemes is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Demon of Dark Schemes attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Demon of Dark Schemes, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Demon of Dark Schemes, it mills a card
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters thanks to Demon of Dark Schemes, it mills a card
  4. Geth, Thane of Contracts — When Demon of Dark Schemes enters thanks to Geth, Thane of Contracts, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2

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