Magmasaur

Magmasaur

Creature — Elemental Dinosaur

Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}

How we read this card

This creature enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.

static — arrives with counters

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature. If you don't, sacrifice this creature and it deals damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each creature without flying and each player.

triggered —

triggered —

triggered — deals damage

Causes: put a counter on anything, remove a counter from anything, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, a creature deals noncombat damage, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a Dinosaur in a graveyard — 5 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur is in the graveyard:

  1. Atzocan Seer — can bring it back
  2. Grim Captain's Call — can bring it back

an Elemental creature in a graveyard — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Thunderkin Awakener — When Magmasaur is in the graveyard, Thunderkin Awakener can bring it back

a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Ashling, the Limitless — When you sacrifice Magmasaur, Ashling, the Limitless makes a token

an Elemental in a graveyard — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur is in the graveyard:

  1. Sunflare Shaman — gets bigger
  2. Horde of Notions — can bring it back

an Elemental is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 93 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Omnath, Locus of Rage — deals 3 damage
  2. Titania, Nature's Force — mills a card

a Dinosaur attacks — 263 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Poetic Ingenuity — When Magmasaur attacks, Poetic Ingenuity makes that many tokens

a Dinosaur deals combat damage — 263 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Curious Altisaur — When Magmasaur deals combat damage, Curious Altisaur draws you 1 card

a Dinosaur enters the battlefield — 276 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur enters:

  1. Forerunner of the Empire — deals 1 damage
  2. Belligerent Yearling — triggers
  3. Pantlaza, Sun-Favored — triggers

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

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

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

When you sacrifice Magmasaur:

  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 (Magmasaur is one).

When you sacrifice Magmasaur:

  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 gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  6. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  7. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  8. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  10. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card

33 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 (Magmasaur is one).

When Magmasaur is in the graveyard:

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

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

62 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 (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — When Magmasaur is in the graveyard, Charnelhoard Wurm can bring it back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — Magmasaur 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.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Magmasaur attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

150 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 (Magmasaur is one).

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

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Magmasaur is one).

  1. Soul Link — When Magmasaur is dealt damage, Soul Link gains you that much life

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