Remorseless Punishment

Remorseless Punishment

Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Target opponent loses 5 life unless that player discards two cards or sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Repeat this process once.

on-cast — makes each opponent lose 5 life

on-cast —

on-cast —

Causes: make a player lose life, discard a card, sacrifice a creature, sacrifice a planeswalker, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

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

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Remorseless Punishment is one).

Remorseless Punishment puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — graveyard that Moment of Reckoning can bring back
  8. Serra Paragon — graveyard that Serra Paragon can bring back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — graveyard that Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back

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

a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Remorseless Punishment is one).

  1. Carth the Lion — When a planeswalker dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Carth the Lion searches a library
  2. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Massacre Girl, Most Wanted deals 1 damage
  3. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Kaya's Ghostform brings a card back
  4. Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord — When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord gains you 1 life
  5. Cruel Celebrant — When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Cruel Celebrant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Rising Populace — When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Rising Populace puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ajani's Last Stand — When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Ajani's Last Stand sacrifices itself
  8. Martyr's Bond — When a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Remorseless Punishment, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Remorseless Punishment:

  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 (Remorseless Punishment is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Remorseless Punishment:

  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 card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Remorseless Punishment is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Remorseless Punishment:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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 (Remorseless Punishment is one).

Remorseless Punishment puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Edgar's Awakening — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — 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 (Remorseless Punishment is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back

67 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 (Remorseless Punishment is one).

  1. Toluz, Clever Conductor — When Toluz, Clever Conductor dies thanks to Remorseless Punishment, it triggers

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 (Remorseless Punishment is one).

Remorseless Punishment:

  1. Pitchstone Wall — puts cards into the graveyard that Pitchstone Wall can bring back
  2. Containment Construct — puts cards into the graveyard that Containment Construct can bring back
  3. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — puts cards into the graveyard that Moonstone, Harsh Mistress can bring back
  4. Havi, the All-Father — fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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