Duty Beyond Death

Duty Beyond Death

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

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

on-cast —

Creatures you control gain indestructible until end of turn. Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

on-cast — grants a keyword

on-cast — puts a counter on it

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a counter on a creature.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Duty Beyond Death is one).

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

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Duty Beyond Death:

  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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Duty Beyond Death:

  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 gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Duty Beyond Death is one).

When a creature gets a counter thanks to Duty Beyond Death:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  6. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  7. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  9. Knight of Wundagore — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — puts a counter on a permanent

31 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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

Duty Beyond Death 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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Duty Beyond Death:

  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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

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

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Duty Beyond Death is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Duty Beyond Death is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

436 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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Duty Beyond Death, 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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Duty Beyond Death, it exiles itself

16 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 (Duty Beyond Death is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Duty Beyond Death fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Duty Beyond Death fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Duty Beyond Death 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.