Piru, the Volatile

Piru, the Volatile

Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

Mana cost: {2}{R}{R}{W}{W}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying, lifelink
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Piru unless you pay {R}{W}{B}.

triggered —

When Piru dies, it deals 7 damage to each nonlegendary creature.

triggered — deals 7 damage

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Piru, the Volatile onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Dragon creature in a graveyard — 19 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

  1. Rivaz of the Claw — When Piru, the Volatile is in the graveyard, Rivaz of the Claw can bring it back

a Dragon is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 21 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

  1. The Dragon-Kami Reborn // Dragon-Kami's Egg — When Piru, the Volatile is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, The Dragon-Kami Reborn // Dragon-Kami's Egg triggers

a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

When Piru, the Volatile attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. The Ur-Dragon — draws you that many cards
  4. Atarka, World Render — grants double strike
  5. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  6. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage
  7. Ojutai, Soul of Winter — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  8. Dromoka, the Eternal — puts a counter on a permanent

a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

When Piru, the Volatile deals combat damage:

  1. Parapet Thrasher — triggers
  2. Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
  3. Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers

a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

When Piru, the Volatile enters:

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Piru, the Volatile counters as it enters

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

a Dragon creature it boosts — 523 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Crucible of Fire — Crucible of Fire gives Piru, the Volatile bigger stats

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

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

When Piru, the Volatile enters:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

When you sacrifice Piru, the Volatile:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Piru is one).

When you sacrifice Piru, the Volatile:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 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 (Piru is one).

When Piru, the Volatile 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

85 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 (Piru is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Piru, the Volatile is in the graveyard, Chainer, Dementia Master can bring it back

808 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 (Piru is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — When Piru, the Volatile is in the graveyard, Charnelhoard Wurm can bring it back

443 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 (Piru is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Piru, the Volatile attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

154 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 (Piru is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Piru, the Volatile, Soul Link gains you that much life

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