Pile On

Pile On

Instant

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Convoke
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Surveil 2.

on-cast —

on-cast — surveils

Causes: a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, surveil.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Pile On is one).

Pile On puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — graveyard that Moment of Reckoning can bring back
  8. Serra Paragon — graveyard that Serra Paragon can bring back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — graveyard that Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back

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

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Pile On is one).

When Pile On surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 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 (Pile On is one).

Pile On puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — 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 (Pile On is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Pile On:

  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 (Pile On is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Pile On:

  1. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  3. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  4. Missy — brings a card back
  5. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  6. Lim-Dûl the Necromancer — brings a card back
  7. Adarkar Valkyrie — brings a card back
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Pile On is one).

When Pile On is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  3. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  4. Pink Horror — deals 2 damage
  5. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

432 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 (Pile On is one).

  1. Decaying Soil — Pile On fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Decaying Soil needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Pile On fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — Pile On fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  4. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Pile On puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  5. Glissa's Retriever — Pile On puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  6. Greenwarden of Murasa — Pile On puts cards into the graveyard that Greenwarden of Murasa can bring back
  7. Reborn Hero — Pile On fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Reborn Hero needs

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