Kagemaro, First to Suffer

Kagemaro, First to Suffer

Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Kagemaro's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand.

static — makes your creatures bigger

All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.

activated {B}, Sacrifice Kagemaro —

activated {B}, Sacrifice Kagemaro — shrinks a creature

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

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

a nontoken Spirit is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a Spirit in a graveyard — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Kagemaro is one).

When Kagemaro, First to Suffer is in the graveyard:

  1. Iname, Life Aspect — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Flight Alabaster — can bring it back

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

When Kagemaro, First to Suffer enters:

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

a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Kagemaro is one).

When Kagemaro, First to Suffer enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a Spirit creature it boosts — 889 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Kagemaro, First to Suffer bigger stats

888 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When you sacrifice Kagemaro, First to Suffer:

  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 (Kagemaro is one).

When you sacrifice Kagemaro, First to Suffer:

  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 (Kagemaro is one).

When Kagemaro, First to Suffer is in the graveyard:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring it 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 (Kagemaro is one).

When Kagemaro, First to Suffer dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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 (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer dies, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer dies, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer dies, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Kagemaro, First to Suffer, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Kagemaro, First to Suffer, it draws you 1 card
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Kagemaro, First to Suffer, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Kagemaro, First to Suffer, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer dies, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Kagemaro, First to Suffer, it makes you lose life

451 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 (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer leaves the battlefield, 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 (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Kagemaro, First to Suffer, 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 (Kagemaro is one).

Kagemaro, First to Suffer fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

442 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 (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 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 (Kagemaro is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Kagemaro, First to Suffer attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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