Portcullis Vine

Portcullis Vine

Creature — Plant Wall

Mana cost: {G}

How we read this card

Defender
Draw a card.

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature with defender —

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature with defender — draws you 1 card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

When you sacrifice a creature with defender to Portcullis Vine:

  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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

When you sacrifice a creature with defender to Portcullis Vine:

  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.

a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this (Portcullis Vine is one).

  1. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Portcullis Vine
  2. Builder's Talent — Builder's Talent makes fodder for Portcullis Vine
  3. Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast — Daretti, Ingenious Iconoclast makes fodder for Portcullis Vine
  4. Basalt Golem — Basalt Golem makes fodder for Portcullis Vine
  5. Flamewright — Flamewright makes fodder for Portcullis Vine
  6. Rampart Architect — Rampart Architect makes fodder for Portcullis Vine
  7. Nesting Dragon — Nesting Dragon makes fodder for Portcullis Vine

2,713 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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

Portcullis Vine puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  10. Krile Baldesion — 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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

When you sacrifice a creature with defender to Portcullis Vine:

  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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

When you sacrifice a creature with defender to Portcullis Vine:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  7. Missy — brings a card back
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself
  9. Angelic Renewal — sacrifices itself

453 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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Portcullis Vine makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature with defender to Portcullis Vine, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

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

440 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 (Portcullis Vine is one).

When Portcullis Vine attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Portcullis Vine is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Portcullis Vine attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Portcullis Vine is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Portcullis Vine is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Portcullis Vine is one).

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — When Portcullis Vine enters, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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