Embodiment of Agonies
Creature — Demon
Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}
How we read this card
Flying, deathtouch
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each different mana cost among nonland cards in your graveyard.
static — arrives with counters
Causes: put a counter on anything.
Cares about: an artifact in a graveyard, a battle in a graveyard, a creature in a graveyard, an enchantment in a graveyard, an instant in a graveyard, a planeswalker in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.
Works well with
put an instant into a graveyard — 2 cards in the game can cause this.
- Makeshift Mannequin — When Makeshift Mannequin is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Supper for Spiders — When Supper for Spiders is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
put a battle into a graveyard — 129 cards in the game can cause this.
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Braids's Frightful Return — When Braids's Frightful Return is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Scavenger's Talent — Scavenger's Talent puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Argentum Masticore — When Argentum Masticore is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Summon: Bahamut — When Summon: Bahamut is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Rottenmouth Viper — Rottenmouth Viper puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Vengeful Strangler // Strangling Grasp — Vengeful Strangler // Strangling Grasp puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Thornplate Intimidator — Thornplate Intimidator puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Bolas's Citadel — Bolas's Citadel puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
119 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
put a planeswalker into a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this.
- Hooded Blightfang — Hooded Blightfang puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Loot, the Anomaly — Loot, the Anomaly puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Eradicator Valkyrie — Eradicator Valkyrie puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Winter, Tormented Loner — Winter, Tormented Loner puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- The Eldest Reborn — When The Eldest Reborn is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Blood on the Snow — Blood on the Snow puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Lethal Throwdown — Lethal Throwdown puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Bone Shards — Bone Shards puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Flare of Malice — Flare of Malice puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Spark Harvest — Spark Harvest puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
222 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Embodiment of Agonies is one).
When Embodiment of Agonies enters:
- Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage
put an enchantment into a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this.
- Lethal Vapors — When Lethal Vapors is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Grave Peril — When Grave Peril is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Ordeal of Erebos — When Ordeal of Erebos is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Measure of Wickedness — When Measure of Wickedness is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — Oath of Lim-Dûl puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Underhanded Designs — When Underhanded Designs is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Quest for the Necropolis — When Quest for the Necropolis is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Demon of Fate's Design — Demon of Fate's Design puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Soul Stair Expedition — When Soul Stair Expedition is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Necrotic Plague — When Necrotic Plague is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
973 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this.
- Gut, True Soul Zealot — Gut, True Soul Zealot puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Flamespeaker's Will — When Flamespeaker's Will is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Cindervines — When Cindervines is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Mica, Reader of Ruins — Mica, Reader of Ruins puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Monkey Cage — When Monkey Cage is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Straw Golem — When Straw Golem is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — When ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Throwing Knife — When Throwing Knife is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- The Fantasticar — When The Fantasticar is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Heart-Shaped Herb — When Heart-Shaped Herb is in the graveyard, Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Ruthless Technomancer — Ruthless Technomancer puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Trading Post — Trading Post puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Fain, the Broker — Fain, the Broker puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
1,570 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.
- Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Gloomdrifter — Gloomdrifter puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Toxic Stench — Toxic Stench puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Skirsdag Flayer — Skirsdag Flayer puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
- Mephitic Ooze — Mephitic Ooze puts cards into the graveyard, and Embodiment of Agonies gets bigger
2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything gets a counter — 4,415 cards in the game can cause this (Embodiment of Agonies is one).
- All Will Be One — When Embodiment of Agonies gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage
8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Embodiment of Agonies is one).
When Embodiment of Agonies attacks:
- Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
- Basri Ket — makes a token
- Militia's Pride — makes a token