Pyrrhic Strike

Pyrrhic Strike

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{W}

How we read this card

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may blight 2.

on-cast —

Choose one. If this spell's additional cost was paid, choose both instead.

on-cast —

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

on-cast —

Destroy target creature with mana value 3 or greater.

on-cast —

Causes: put a counter on anything, you face a dilemma, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When Pyrrhic Strike 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

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

Pyrrhic Strike puts cards into the:

  1. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  2. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — graveyard that Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer can bring back
  3. Narset, Enlightened Exile — graveyard that Narset, Enlightened Exile can bring back
  4. Fallaji Archaeologist — graveyard that Fallaji Archaeologist can bring back
  5. Saprazzan Bailiff — graveyard that Saprazzan Bailiff can bring back
  6. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — graveyard that Chandra, Chill of Compliance can bring back
  7. Open the Vaults — graveyard that Open the Vaults can bring back
  8. Mine Excavation — graveyard that Mine Excavation can bring back
  9. Cantivore — graveyard, and Cantivore gets bigger

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

  1. Femeref Enchantress — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Pyrrhic Strike, Femeref Enchantress draws you 1 card

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

Pyrrhic Strike puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  2. Queen Kayla bin-Kroog — can bring back
  3. Beacon of Unrest — can bring back
  4. T'Chaka, Venerable King — can bring back
  5. Goblin Welder — can bring back
  6. Tomakul Scrapsmith — can bring back
  7. Anrakyr the Traveller — can bring back
  8. Scrap Mastery — can bring back
  9. Donnie & April, Adorkable Duo — can bring back
  10. Keeper of the Cadence — can bring back

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Pyrrhic Strike:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  6. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  8. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  9. Pain Distributor — deals 1 damage
  10. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life

32 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 (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

Pyrrhic Strike puts cards into the:

  1. Tombstone Stairwell — graveyard, and Tombstone Stairwell gets bigger
  2. Necromancy — graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  4. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  5. Afterlife from the Loam — graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  6. Crypt Champion — graveyard that Crypt Champion can bring back
  7. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — graveyard that Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal can bring back
  8. Push // Pull — graveyard that Push // Pull can bring back
  9. Vivien on the Hunt — graveyard that Vivien on the Hunt can bring back
  10. Virtus's Maneuver — graveyard that Virtus's Maneuver 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 (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Pyrrhic Strike:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  7. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

63 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 (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Pyrrhic Strike:

  1. Glissa, the Traitor — brings a card back
  2. Salvaging Station — untaps itself
  3. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  4. Avatar Destiny — mills a card

463 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 (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

When Pyrrhic Strike is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Lotus-Eye Mystics — gets +1/+1
  4. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  5. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Pyrrhic Strike is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Pyrrhic Strike, Dual Nature exiles a creature

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