Devouring Strossus

Devouring Strossus

Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature.

triggered —

Regenerate this creature.

activated Sacrifice a creature —

activated Sacrifice a creature —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, regenerate a creature.

Cares about: an upkeep, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

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

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

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

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

a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Captain N'ghathrod — When Devouring Strossus deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card

a Phyrexian attacks — 495 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Vulpine Harvester — When Devouring Strossus attacks, Vulpine Harvester brings a card back

a nontoken Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 496 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Darksteel Splicer — When Devouring Strossus enters, Darksteel Splicer makes a token

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When Devouring Strossus enters, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Strossus is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Devouring Strossus:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Devouring Strossus:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

Devouring Strossus puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

When Devouring Strossus dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Devouring Strossus dies, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Devouring Strossus dies, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Devouring Strossus dies, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When Devouring Strossus dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Devouring Strossus, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Devouring Strossus, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Devouring Strossus, it triggers

455 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Devouring Strossus leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Devouring Strossus, it exiles itself

18 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Devouring Strossus 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Devouring Strossus attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

220 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 (Devouring Strossus is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Devouring Strossus attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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