Force of Despair

Force of Despair

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{B}{B}

How we read this card

If it's not your turn, you may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

on-cast —

Destroy all creatures that entered this turn.

on-cast —

Causes: exile a card, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Force of Despair is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Force of Despair, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Force of Despair is one).

Force of Despair 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 (Force of Despair is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Force of Despair:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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 (Force of Despair is one).

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

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Force of Despair:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

8 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 (Force of Despair is one).

When Force of Despair is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  8. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers
  9. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Force of Despair is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Force of Despair:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Force of Despair is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Force of Despair, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Force of Despair, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life
  3. Phantasmal Mount — When Phantasmal Mount leaves the battlefield thanks to Force of Despair, it triggers

29 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 (Force of Despair is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Force of Despair, 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 (Force of Despair is one).

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