Plumb the Forbidden

Plumb the Forbidden

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice one or more creatures.

on-cast —

When you do, copy this spell for each creature sacrificed this way.

triggered — copies a spell

You draw a card and lose 1 life.

on-cast — draws you 1 card

on-cast —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, copy a spell, draw a card, make a player lose life.

Cares about: a creature is sacrificed, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it draws you cards
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it triggers
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it exiles a Nightmare

a spell is copied — 122 cards in the game can cause this (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

When Plumb the Forbidden is copied:

  1. Parnesse, the Subtle Brush — copies a spell
  2. The Twelfth Doctor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Curse of Shaken Faith — deals 2 damage

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden:

  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.

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Ziatora, the Incinerator deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Body Dropper puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Smothering Abomination draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Kels, Fight Fixer draws you 1 card
  7. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  8. Foot Chopper — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Foot Chopper, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  9. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  10. Tainted Aether — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tainted Aether, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  11. Saw — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  12. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  13. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When you sacrifice Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  14. Skittering Horror — When you sacrifice Skittering Horror, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  15. Skittering Skirge — When you sacrifice Skittering Skirge, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  16. Skittering Monstrosity — When you sacrifice Skittering Monstrosity, Plumb the Forbidden copies a spell
  17. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers
  18. Grist, the Hunger Tide — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Grist, the Hunger Tide kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  19. Cabal Therapist — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Cabal Therapist triggers
  20. Rakdos, the Muscle — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Rakdos, the Muscle exiles a card from an opponent's library

469 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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

Plumb the Forbidden puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — 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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it makes 2 tokens
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it makes you lose life

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Plumb the Forbidden:

  1. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  2. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  3. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

When Plumb the Forbidden makes a player lose life:

  1. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers

54 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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Aether Syphon — When Plumb the Forbidden makes a player draw a card, Aether Syphon mills a card

66 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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Plumb the Forbidden is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

436 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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Plumb the Forbidden, it exiles itself

17 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 (Plumb the Forbidden is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Plumb the Forbidden fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Plumb the Forbidden fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Plumb the Forbidden puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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