In Thrall to the Pit

In Thrall to the Pit

Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{R}

How we read this card

Kicker {2}{B}
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.

on-cast —

on-cast — untaps a permanent

on-cast — grants haste

on-cast —

Causes: take control of a creature, untap a creature, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it exiles a Nightmare

a creature untaps — 519 cards in the game can cause this (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

  1. Coffin Queen — When Coffin Queen untaps thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it exiles a creature
  2. Fishing Pole — When a creature untaps thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Fishing Pole triggers

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to In Thrall to the Pit:

  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 (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to In Thrall to the Pit:

  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.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

In Thrall to the Pit 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 (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit:

  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 (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it makes 2 tokens
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it makes you lose life

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to In Thrall to the Pit:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

When In Thrall to the Pit is cast:

  1. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  2. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  3. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  4. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1

430 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 (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

32 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 (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to In Thrall to the Pit, it exiles itself

15 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 (In Thrall to the Pit is one).

In Thrall to the Pit:

  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
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back

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