Purgatory

Purgatory

Enchantment

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

How we read this card

Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, exile that card.

triggered —

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4} and 2 life. If you do, return a card exiled with this enchantment to the battlefield.

triggered — blinks a permanent

Causes: exile a nontoken creature, a nontoken creature leaves a graveyard, put an enchantment onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a nontoken creature dies, an upkeep.

Works well with

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Purgatory, The War Games exiles a Warrior

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

When a creature is exiled thanks to Purgatory:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Purgatory:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 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 (Purgatory is one).

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Purgatory:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

When Purgatory is cast:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

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

a nontoken enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,691 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

  1. Historian's Boon — When Purgatory enters, Historian's Boon makes a token

an enchantment enters the battlefield — 3,743 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

  1. Calix, Guided by Fate — When Purgatory enters, Calix, Guided by Fate puts a counter on a creature
  2. Firebender Ascension — When Firebender Ascension enters thanks to Purgatory, it makes a token
  3. Elvish Archivist — When Purgatory enters, Elvish Archivist draws you 1 card
  4. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — When Purgatory enters, Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal surveils
  5. Strength from the Fallen — When Purgatory enters, Strength from the Fallen gives +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
  6. Doomwake Giant — When Purgatory enters, Doomwake Giant shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  7. Cacophony Unleashed — When Purgatory enters, Cacophony Unleashed turns something into a creature
  8. Ghostly Dancers — When Purgatory enters, Ghostly Dancers makes a token
  9. Killian, Decisive Mentor — When Purgatory enters, Killian, Decisive Mentor taps a creature
  10. Thoughtrender Lamia — When Purgatory enters, Thoughtrender Lamia makes an opponent discard a card

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Purgatory is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Purgatory enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

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