Poison the Waters

Poison the Waters

Sorcery

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

on-cast — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

Target player reveals their hand. You choose an artifact or creature card from it. That player discards that card.

on-cast —

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature dies, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Poison the Waters, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Poison the Waters, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When Poison the Waters 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 card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Poison the Waters is one).

When Poison the Waters 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. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

52 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 (Poison the Waters is one).

Poison the Waters 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 (Poison the Waters is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Poison the Waters:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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 (Poison the Waters is one).

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

450 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 (Poison the Waters is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Poison the Waters:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Poison the Waters is one).

When Poison the Waters is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1

431 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 (Poison the Waters is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Poison the Waters, it exiles itself

16 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 (Poison the Waters is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Poison the Waters fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  2. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Poison the Waters puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  3. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Poison the Waters puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  4. Harness the Storm — Poison the Waters puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back

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