Depth Defiler

Depth Defiler

Creature — Eldrazi

Mana cost: {3}{U}{U}

How we read this card

Devoid
Kicker {C}
When you cast this spell, choose one. If it was kicked, choose both instead.

triggered —

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

triggered — bounce

Target player draws two cards, then discards a card.

triggered — draws you 2 cards

triggered —

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature leaves the battlefield, draw a card, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Eldrazi creature it makes cheaper to cast — 273 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Eye of Ugin — Eye of Ugin reduces what Depth Defiler costs

272 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

When Depth Defiler poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

When Depth Defiler 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. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

51 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 (Depth Defiler is one).

When Depth Defiler makes a player draw a card:

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  4. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  5. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted — deals 1 damage
  6. The Locust God — makes a token
  7. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  9. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  10. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Depth Defiler, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 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 (Depth Defiler is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Depth Defiler:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

27 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 (Depth Defiler is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Depth Defiler fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Depth Defiler puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Depth Defiler 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.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Depth Defiler:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  5. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Compost — draws you 1 card
  7. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  8. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  9. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

When Depth Defiler attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers

125 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 (Depth Defiler is one).

When Depth Defiler attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

  1. Champions of the Perfect — When Depth Defiler is cast, Champions of the Perfect draws you 1 card

90 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 (Depth Defiler is one).

When Depth Defiler enters:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Depth Defiler is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Depth Defiler enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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