Liege of the Pit

Liege of the Pit

Creature — Demon

Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice a creature other than this creature. If you can't, this creature deals 7 damage to you.

triggered —

triggered — deals 7 damage

Morph {B}{B}{B}{B}

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

Cares about: an upkeep, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

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

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Liege of the Pit is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Liege of the Pit onto the battlefield from your library

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

a creature is turned face up — 238 cards in the game can cause this (Liege of the Pit is one).

When Liege of the Pit is turned face up:

  1. Printlifter Ooze — makes a token
  2. Experiment Twelve — puts its power counters on a permanent
  3. Pyrotechnic Performer — deals its power damage
  4. Pine Walker — untaps a permanent
  5. Fatal Mutation — kills it

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Liege of the Pit enters:

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

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Liege of 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Liege of 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

Liege of 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

When Liege of the Pit dies:

  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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

When Liege of the Pit dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

458 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Liege of the Pit 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Liege of the Pit, 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

  1. Den Protector — Liege of the Pit puts cards into the graveyard that Den Protector can bring back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — Liege of the Pit fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father 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 (Liege of the Pit is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Liege of the Pit attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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