Diabolic Intent

Diabolic Intent

Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.

on-cast —

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.

on-cast — searches a library

on-cast —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, search your library, shuffle a library.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Diabolic Intent, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Diabolic Intent, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Diabolic Intent:

  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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Diabolic Intent:

  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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Diabolic Intent
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Diabolic Intent

2,718 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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

Diabolic Intent 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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Diabolic Intent:

  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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

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

450 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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Diabolic Intent:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Diabolic Intent is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Diabolic Intent, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Diabolic Intent is one).

When Diabolic Intent is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1

430 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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Diabolic Intent, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Diabolic Intent, it exiles itself

15 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 (Diabolic Intent is one).

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

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