Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

Legendary Enchantment Creature — God

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 1 card

Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.

activated {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature —

activated {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature — shrinks a creature by -2/-1

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: make a player lose life, draw a card, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature dies, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it draws you cards
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted:

  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 (Erebos is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted:

  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 (Erebos is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  3. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes fodder for Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
  4. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Erebos, Bleak-Hearted

2,716 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 (Erebos is one).

Erebos, Bleak-Hearted 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 (Erebos is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted:

  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.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it draws you 1 card
  7. Meathook Massacre II — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  8. Fire Navy Trebuchet — When a Construct dies thanks to Fire Navy Trebuchet, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  9. Ghoulish Procession — When a Zombie dies thanks to Ghoulish Procession, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  10. Curse of the Restless Dead — When a Zombie dies thanks to Curse of the Restless Dead, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  11. Mordor Trebuchet — When a Construct dies thanks to Mordor Trebuchet, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  12. No Way Out — When a Zombie dies thanks to No Way Out, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  13. Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia — When a Zombie dies thanks to Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  14. Tainted Adversary — When a Zombie dies thanks to Tainted Adversary, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  15. Diregraf Horde — When a Zombie dies thanks to Diregraf Horde, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  16. Hobbling Zombie — When a Zombie dies thanks to Hobbling Zombie, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  17. Hornet Cannon — When an Insect dies thanks to Hornet Cannon, Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes you lose life
  18. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it triggers
  19. Saffi Eriksdotter — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  20. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it makes you lose life

459 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 (Erebos is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted:

  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.

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

When Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes a player lose life:

  1. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  3. Lich's Mastery — triggers

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Erebos is one).

  1. Aether Syphon — When Erebos, Bleak-Hearted makes a player draw a card, Aether Syphon mills a card

66 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 (Erebos is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice another creature to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

33 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 (Erebos is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, it exiles itself

17 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 (Erebos is one).

Erebos, Bleak-Hearted:

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