Imskir Iron-Eater

Imskir Iron-Eater

Legendary Creature — Demon

Mana cost: {6}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Affinity for artifacts
When Imskir enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is half the number of artifacts you control, rounded down.

triggered — draws you X cards

triggered —

Imskir deals damage equal to the sacrificed artifact's mana value to any target.

activated {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact —

activated {3}{R}, Sacrifice an artifact — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: draw a card, make a player lose life, sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an artifact you control, an artifact to sacrifice.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Imskir Iron-Eater onto the battlefield from your library

11 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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

When Imskir Iron-Eater 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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

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

Imskir Iron-Eater 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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

When you sacrifice an artifact to Imskir Iron-Eater:

  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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

When an artifact hits the graveyard thanks to Imskir Iron-Eater:

  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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

When you sacrifice an artifact to Imskir Iron-Eater:

  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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When you sacrifice an artifact to Imskir Iron-Eater, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

When Imskir Iron-Eater deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When Imskir Iron-Eater makes a player lose life, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Imskir Iron-Eater makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Imskir Iron-Eater attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

141 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 (Imskir Iron-Eater is one).

When Imskir Iron-Eater attacks:

  1. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0

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

put anything onto the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragon Arch — When Imskir Iron-Eater enters thanks to Dragon Arch, it draws you X cards

26,498 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.