Malignant Growth

Malignant Growth

Enchantment

Mana cost: {3}{G}{U}

How we read this card

Cumulative upkeep {1}
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a growth counter on this enchantment.

triggered — puts a counter on it

At the beginning of each opponent's draw step, that player draws an additional card for each growth counter on this enchantment, then this enchantment deals damage to the player equal to the number of cards they drew this way.

triggered — draws you cards

triggered — deals damage

Causes: put a counter on anything, draw a card, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice Malignant Growth, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

When Malignant Growth is in the graveyard:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  8. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — can bring it back
  9. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  10. Invasion of Tolvada // The Broken Sky — can bring it back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

When Malignant Growth is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

When Malignant Growth deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

37 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 (Malignant Growth is one).

When Malignant Growth makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

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

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Malignant Growth, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

When Malignant Growth is cast:

  1. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  3. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  4. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  5. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  7. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  8. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  9. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Malignant Growth enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Malignant Growth is one).

When Malignant Growth enters:

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Elvish Archivist — draws you 1 card
  3. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — surveils
  4. Strength from the Fallen — gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  5. Doomwake Giant — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Cacophony Unleashed — turns something into a creature
  7. Killian, Decisive Mentor — taps a creature
  8. Thoughtrender Lamia — makes an opponent discard a card

72 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 (Malignant Growth is one).

  1. Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card — Malignant Growth fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Sidequest: Card Collection // Magicked Card needs

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