Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct

Enchantment

Mana cost: {4}{R}{G}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste until end of turn. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

triggered —

triggered — grants haste

triggered —

Causes: put a creature onto the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: an upkeep, a creature to sacrifice, hits creature .

Works well with

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

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Killer Instinct, it exiles a Nightmare

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

Killer Instinct can put:

  1. Goblin Goliath — onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Vaultborn Tyrant — onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Flayer of the Hatebound — onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Angrath's Marauders — onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Fiendish Duo — onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Hamletback Goliath — onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Gruul Ragebeast — onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Thorn Mammoth — onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Verdant Sun's Avatar — onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Soul of the Harvest — onto the battlefield from your library

2,288 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 (Killer Instinct is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Killer Instinct:

  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 (Killer Instinct is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Killer Instinct:

  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 (Killer Instinct is one).

Killer Instinct 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 (Killer Instinct is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Killer Instinct:

  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 (Killer Instinct is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Killer Instinct, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Killer Instinct, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Killer Instinct, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Killer Instinct, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Killer Instinct, it makes a token
  6. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Killer Instinct, it triggers

457 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 (Killer Instinct is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Killer Instinct, 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 (Killer Instinct is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Killer Instinct, it exiles itself

16 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 (Killer Instinct is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Killer Instinct fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Killer Instinct is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it mills a card
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it mills a card
  4. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  5. Corpse Cur — When Corpse Cur enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  6. Rayblade Trooper — When Rayblade Trooper enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it puts a counter on a creature
  7. Puppeteer Clique — When Puppeteer Clique enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  8. Crypt Angel — When Crypt Angel enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  9. Enslaved Horror — When Enslaved Horror enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it kills a creature an opponent controls

452 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 (Killer Instinct is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it triggers
  2. The Master, Transcendent — When The Master, Transcendent enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it puts 2 counters on a permanent
  3. Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest — When Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  4. Alharu, Solemn Ritualist — When Alharu, Solemn Ritualist enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it puts a counter on a creature
  5. Garna, the Bloodflame — When Garna, the Bloodflame enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  6. Ruxa, Patient Professor — When Ruxa, Patient Professor enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it brings a card back
  7. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters thanks to Killer Instinct, it becomes prepared

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