Hell to Pay
Sorcery
Mana cost: {X}{R}
How we read this card
Hell to Pay deals X damage to target creature. Create a number of tapped Treasure tokens equal to the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way.
on-cast — deals X damage
on-cast — makes the amount of excess damage dealt to that creature this way tokens
Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, create a Treasure artifact token, put a Treasure artifact token onto the battlefield.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When Hell to Pay deals noncombat damage:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library
36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When a Treasure enters thanks to Hell to Pay:
- Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
- Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
- Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
- Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
- Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
- Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
- Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
- Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared
3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When Hell to Pay makes a Treasure token:
- Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
- Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
- Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
- Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life
17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When Hell to Pay is cast:
- Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Artist's Talent — draws and discards
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When a Treasure enters thanks to Hell to Pay:
- Transplant Theorist — draws you 1 card
- Elvish Archivist — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
- Golbez, Crystal Collector — surveils
- Sludge Strider — makes a player lose 1 life
- Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Mechan Assembler — makes a token
- Glassdust Hulk — gets +1/+1
- Rook Turret — draws you 1 card
- Hedron Detonator — deals 1 damage
- Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life
55 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Hell to Pay:
- Soul Link — gains you that much life
- Shriveling Rot — kills it
- Cryoshatter — kills a creature
- Hot Soup — kills a creature
- Cracked Skull — kills a creature
- Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
- Frozen Solid — kills a creature
- Mortal Wound — kills a creature
- Mire Blight — kills it
- Death Pits of Rath — kills it
17 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 (Hell to Pay is one).
When a Treasure enters thanks to Hell to Pay:
- HYDRA Assault Robot — deals 1 damage
- Era of Innovation — puts a counter on a permanent you control
36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Hell to Pay is one).
When Hell to Pay is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Master of Winds — triggers
8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.