edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Minister of Pain

Minister of Pain

Creature — Human Shaman

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Exploit
When this creature exploits a creature, creatures your opponents control get -1/-1 until end of turn.

triggered — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

Causes: a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Shaman creature enters the battlefield — 539 cards in the game can cause this (Minister of Pain is one).

  1. Thornbite Staff — When Minister of Pain enters, Thornbite Staff triggers

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Minister of Pain is one).

Minister of Pain puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — 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 (Minister of Pain is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Minister of Pain:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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 (Minister of Pain is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Minister of Pain:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries

457 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 (Minister of Pain is one).

When Minister of Pain attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

145 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 (Minister of Pain is one).

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

220 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 (Minister of Pain is one).

When Minister of Pain enters:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life

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