Hezrou // Demonic Stench

Hezrou // Demonic Stench

Creature — Frog Demon // Instant — Adventure

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

How we read this card

Whenever one or more creatures you control become blocked, each blocking creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

triggered — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

Each creature that blocked this turn gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

on-cast — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

Causes: a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature becomes blocked.

Works well with

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it triggers
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it exiles a Nightmare

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

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

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

an Adventure instant is cast — 61 cards in the game can cause this (Hezrou is one).

  1. Lucky Clover — When Hezrou // Demonic Stench is cast, Lucky Clover copies a spell

a Frog attacks — 135 cards in the game can cause this (Hezrou is one).

  1. Grolnok, the Omnivore — When Hezrou // Demonic Stench attacks, Grolnok, the Omnivore mills a card

a Frog enters the battlefield — 140 cards in the game can cause this (Hezrou is one).

  1. Valley Mightcaller — When Hezrou // Demonic Stench enters, Valley Mightcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

When Hezrou // Demonic Stench enters:

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

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

Hezrou // Demonic Stench 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 (Hezrou is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench:

  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 (Hezrou is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it draws you 1 card
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it draws you 1 card
  9. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it triggers
  10. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it triggers

454 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 (Hezrou is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Hezrou // Demonic Stench is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

436 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 (Hezrou is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, 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 (Hezrou is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Hezrou // Demonic Stench, it exiles itself

20 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 (Hezrou is one).

Hezrou // Demonic Stench:

  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.

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

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Hezrou // Demonic Stench attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

224 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 (Hezrou is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Hezrou // Demonic Stench attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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