Last-Ditch Effort

Last-Ditch Effort

Instant

Mana cost: {R}

How we read this card

Sacrifice any number of creatures. Last-Ditch Effort deals that much damage to any target.

on-cast —

on-cast — deals damage

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Last-Ditch Effort, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Last-Ditch Effort, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Last-Ditch Effort:

  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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Last-Ditch Effort:

  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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

Last-Ditch Effort 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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Last-Ditch Effort:

  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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

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

451 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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Last-Ditch Effort:

  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 deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

When Last-Ditch Effort 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

43 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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When Last-Ditch Effort 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.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

When Last-Ditch Effort is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  3. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers
  4. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

433 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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Last-Ditch Effort, 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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Last-Ditch Effort, 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 (Last-Ditch Effort is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Last-Ditch Effort fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Last-Ditch Effort fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Last-Ditch Effort puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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