Inside Information
Sorcery
Mana cost: {X}{B}{B}
How we read this card
Exile the top X cards of target opponent's library. You may play those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than pay its mana cost.
on-cast —
- makes exile a card
on-cast — taxes the table
on-cast —
- makes make a player lose life
Causes: exile a card, make a player lose life.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Inside Information is one).
- The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Inside Information, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Inside Information is one).
When Inside Information makes a player lose life:
- The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
- Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
- Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
- Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
- Lich's Mastery — triggers
- Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
- Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control
46 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 (Inside Information is one).
When Inside Information is cast:
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
- Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Inside Information is one).
When Inside Information is cast:
- Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
- Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
- Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
- Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
- Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
- Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
- Master of Winds — triggers
5 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.