Illness in the Ranks

Illness in the Ranks

Enchantment

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

Creature tokens get -1/-1.

static — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

Causes: a creature token dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illness in the Ranks, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token dies — 67 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Illness in the Ranks:

  1. Grismold, the Dreadsower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Joel, Resolute Survivor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illness in the Ranks:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 122 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

  1. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang — When a creature dies thanks to Illness in the Ranks, Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang exiles itself

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illness in the Ranks:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

4 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 (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Illness in the Ranks:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  7. Missy — brings a card back
  8. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself
  10. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When Illness in the Ranks is cast:

  1. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  2. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  3. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  4. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  6. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  7. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  8. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  9. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  10. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Illness in the Ranks enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When Illness in the Ranks enters:

  1. Unwilling Vessel — puts a possession counter on itself
  2. Infernal Phantom — gets +2/+0
  3. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  4. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  6. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  7. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  8. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  9. Ghostly Dancers — makes a token
  10. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature

67 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 (Illness in the Ranks is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Illness in the Ranks:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  3. Vela the Night-Clad — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Ninth Bridge Patrol — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Flaming Fist Officer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  7. Ninja Teen — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Sally Sparrow — triggers
  10. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — triggers

19 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 (Illness in the Ranks is one).

  1. Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When a creature dies thanks to Illness in the Ranks, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature

11 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 (Illness in the Ranks is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Illness in the Ranks enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

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