Devouring Swarm

Devouring Swarm

Creature — Insect

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying
This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

activated Sacrifice a creature —

activated Sacrifice a creature — gives +1/+1

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

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

an Insect attacks — 323 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Swarm is one).

When Devouring Swarm attacks:

  1. Vrestin, Menoptra Leader — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

  1. Bag of Devouring — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, Bag of Devouring exiles it

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 (Devouring Swarm is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm:

  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 to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this (Devouring Swarm is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  3. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  4. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  5. Vivi's Persistence — Vivi's Persistence makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  6. Endless Ranks of HYDRA — Endless Ranks of HYDRA makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  7. Riku of Two Reflections — Riku of Two Reflections makes fodder for Devouring Swarm
  8. Defiler of Faith — Defiler of Faith makes fodder for Devouring Swarm

2,712 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 Swarm is one).

Devouring Swarm 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 Swarm is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm:

  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 Swarm is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Devouring Swarm, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Devouring Swarm, it draws you 1 card
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Devouring Swarm, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Devouring Swarm, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Devouring Swarm, it makes you lose life

451 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 Swarm is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Devouring Swarm, 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 Swarm is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Devouring Swarm, 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 Swarm is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Devouring Swarm fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Devouring Swarm fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Devouring Swarm puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

441 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 Swarm is one).

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

219 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 Swarm is one).

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

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