Herald of Anguish

Herald of Anguish

Creature — Demon

Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Improvise
Flying
At the beginning of your end step, each opponent discards a card.

triggered —

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

activated {1}{B}, Sacrifice an artifact —

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

Causes: discard a card, sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: an end step, an artifact to sacrifice.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Herald of Anguish onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Demon enters the battlefield — 284 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

When Herald of Anguish enters:

  1. Blood Speaker — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Be'lakor, the Dark Master — deals its power damage

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Carrot Cake — When Carrot Cake is sacrificed thanks to Herald of Anguish, it makes a token
  3. Heaped Harvest — When Heaped Harvest is sacrificed thanks to Herald of Anguish, it searches a library
  4. Moonstone Eulogist — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Moonstone Eulogist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Magnetic Snuffler — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Magnetic Snuffler puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gleaming Geardrake — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Gleaming Geardrake puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Esoteric Duplicator — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Esoteric Duplicator makes a token
  8. Biotech Specialist — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Biotech Specialist deals 2 damage
  9. Jaws, Relentless Predator — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Jaws, Relentless Predator deals 1 damage
  10. Crime Novelist — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Crime Novelist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

Herald of Anguish puts cards into the:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — graveyard that Loran, Disciple of History can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Trading Post — graveyard that Trading Post can bring back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  8. Goblin Engineer — graveyard that Goblin Engineer can bring back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — graveyard that Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer can bring back
  10. Scrap Welder — graveyard that Scrap Welder can bring back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

When an artifact hits the graveyard thanks to Herald of Anguish:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish:

  1. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  8. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  9. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  10. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When you sacrifice an artifact to Herald of Anguish, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Herald of Anguish:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor

59 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 (Herald of Anguish is one).

Herald of Anguish puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Pitchstone Wall — can bring back
  2. Containment Construct — can bring back
  3. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — can bring back

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

When Herald of Anguish attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  3. Cool but Rude — draws and discards

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Herald of Anguish is one).

  1. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — When Herald of Anguish attacks, Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon puts counters on a permanent

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