Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos

Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos

Legendary Creature — Ogre Demon

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Scry 2.

activated {B}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {B}, Sacrifice a creature — scries

Exile the top card of your library. You may play that card this turn.

activated {2}{R}, {T} —

When you exile a nonland card this way, Hidetsugu deals damage equal to the exiled card's mana value to any target.

triggered — deals the exiled card's mana value damage

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, scry, exile a card, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos enters:

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

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (Hidetsugu is one).

When Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

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

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

When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos:

  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 (Hidetsugu is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos:

  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.

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

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it triggers

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

Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos 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 (Hidetsugu is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos:

  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 (Hidetsugu is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it triggers

455 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 (Hidetsugu is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Hidetsugu is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos, it exiles itself

19 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 (Hidetsugu is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 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 (Hidetsugu is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

220 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 (Hidetsugu is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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