Pinecone Strike

Pinecone Strike

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{R}

How we read this card

Pinecone Strike deals 3 damage to target creature. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

on-cast — deals 3 damage

on-cast —

Destroy target artifact token.

on-cast —

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature deals noncombat damage, exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, an artifact token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Pinecone Strike is one).

When Pinecone Strike poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Pinecone Strike is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Pinecone Strike:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Pinecone Strike is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Pinecone Strike:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  6. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  8. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  9. Pain Distributor — deals 1 damage
  10. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life

31 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 (Pinecone Strike is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Pinecone Strike, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

When Pinecone Strike deals noncombat damage:

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

36 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 (Pinecone Strike is one).

When Pinecone Strike is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Elemental Expressionist — grants a keyword
  3. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  4. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  5. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  6. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  7. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  8. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Pinecone Strike is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Pinecone Strike, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Pinecone Strike is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Pinecone Strike:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Valor of the Worthy — makes a token
  3. Traveling Plague — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

25 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 (Pinecone Strike is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Pinecone Strike:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Shriveling Rot — kills it
  3. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  4. Hot Soup — kills a creature
  5. Cracked Skull — kills a creature
  6. Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
  7. Frozen Solid — kills a creature
  8. Mortal Wound — kills a creature
  9. Mire Blight — kills it
  10. Death Pits of Rath — kills it

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Pinecone Strike is one).

When Pinecone Strike is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

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