Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst

Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst

Artifact // Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Create a 1/1 black and green Pest creature token with that ability

activated {T}, Discard a card —

activated {T}, Discard a card — makes a token

When this token dies, you gain 1 life.
Each opponent mills cards equal to the amount of life you gained this turn.

activated {1}, {T} — mills a card

Exile four target cards from a single graveyard. Draw a card.

activated {4}, {T} — hits a graveyard

activated {4}, {T} — draws you 1 card

Return up to two target creature, land, and/or planeswalker cards from your graveyard to your hand. Each player gains 4 life. Exile Restorative Burst.

on-cast — brings a card back

on-cast — gains you 4 life

on-cast —

Causes: discard a card, create a Pest creature token, put a Pest creature token onto the battlefield, mill a card, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, draw a card, a creature leaves a graveyard, a land leaves a graveyard, a planeswalker leaves a graveyard, gain life, anything leaves the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard, a land in a graveyard, a planeswalker in a graveyard.

Works well with

put a planeswalker into a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  2. Loot, the Anomaly — Loot, the Anomaly puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  3. Skyfisher Spider — Skyfisher Spider puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  4. Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda — Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  5. Braids's Frightful Return — Braids's Frightful Return puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  6. Grist, the Hunger Tide — Grist, the Hunger Tide puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  7. Scavenger's Talent — Scavenger's Talent puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  8. Eradicator Valkyrie — Eradicator Valkyrie puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  9. Winter, Tormented Loner — Winter, Tormented Loner puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  10. Blood on the Snow — Blood on the Snow puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back

222 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a land into a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  2. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord — Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  3. Lazotep Quarry — Lazotep Quarry puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  4. Minion of Leshrac — Minion of Leshrac puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  5. Blighted Shaman — Blighted Shaman puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  6. The Gitrog Monster — When The Gitrog Monster is in the graveyard, Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring it back
  7. Braids, Cabal Minion — Braids, Cabal Minion puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  8. Ragamuffyn — Ragamuffyn puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  9. Rats of Rath — Rats of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  10. Gargantuan Gorilla — When Gargantuan Gorilla is in the graveyard, Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring it back

624 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

When Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

When Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

When a creature, land or planeswalker leaves a graveyard thanks to Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Birthing Ritual — Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

2,719 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  2. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  3. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  4. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  5. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  6. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  7. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  8. Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  9. Mortal Wound — Mortal Wound puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  10. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring back
  11. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder is in the graveyard, Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring it back
  12. Skittering Horror — When Skittering Horror is in the graveyard, Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst can bring it back

3,207 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

When a Pest enters thanks to Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst makes a Pest token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a sorcery it grants abilities to — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Thrumming Stone — Thrumming Stone gives Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst ripple

3,584 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

When Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Pestilent Cauldron is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an artifact it makes cheaper to cast — 4,531 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Cloud Key — Cloud Key reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  2. Helm of Awakening — Helm of Awakening reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  3. Locket of Yesterdays — Locket of Yesterdays reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  4. Seal of the Guildpact — Seal of the Guildpact reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  5. Stone Calendar — Stone Calendar reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  6. Trinisphere — Trinisphere reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs

4,525 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. The Earth Crystal — The Earth Crystal reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  2. Emerald Medallion — Emerald Medallion reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  3. Jet Medallion — Jet Medallion reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs
  4. Urza's Filter — Urza's Filter reduces what Pestilent Cauldron // Restorative Burst costs

19,388 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.