Dread Defiler

Dread Defiler

Creature — Eldrazi

Mana cost: {6}{B}

How we read this card

Devoid
Target opponent loses life equal to the exiled card's power.

activated {3}{C}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard —

activated {3}{C}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard — makes each opponent lose life equal to the exiled card's power

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, make a player lose life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

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

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

an Eldrazi creature is cast — 226 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler is cast:

  1. Emrakul's Influence — draws you 2 cards
  2. Kozilek's Return — exiles a card from a graveyard

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 Dread Defiler costs

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

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

  1. The War Games — When Dread Defiler is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler 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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Dread Defiler is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Dread Defiler, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler 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.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Dread Defiler is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Dread Defiler:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

46 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 (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler attacks:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers

119 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 (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler attacks:

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

189 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 (Dread Defiler is one).

When Dread Defiler enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

309 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 (Dread Defiler is one).

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

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