Resistance Is Futile

Resistance Is Futile

Sorcery

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy target nonartifact creature.

on-cast —

Return target artifact creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

on-cast — brings a card back

Causes: you face a dilemma, a creature dies, put an artifact onto the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, an artifact leaves a graveyard, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an artifact in a graveyard, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

an artifact leaves a graveyard — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Resistance Is Futile is one).

  1. Imotekh the Stormlord — When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Imotekh the Stormlord makes 2 tokens
  2. Dredger's Insight — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Dredger's Insight gains you 1 life

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Resistance Is Futile is one).

When Resistance Is Futile 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

put an artifact into a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Straw Golem — When Straw Golem is in the graveyard, Resistance Is Futile can bring it back
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — When ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot is in the graveyard, Resistance Is Futile can bring it back
  3. Trading Post — Trading Post puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  4. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  5. Scrounge for Eternity — Scrounge for Eternity puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  6. Codex Shredder — Codex Shredder puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  7. Lychguard — When Lychguard is in the graveyard, Resistance Is Futile can bring it back
  8. Phyrexian Dreadnought — When Phyrexian Dreadnought is in the graveyard, Resistance Is Futile can bring it back
  9. Grinding Station — Grinding Station puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  10. Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz — Tarrian's Journal // The Tomb of Aclazotz puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back

1,216 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Resistance Is Futile:

  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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

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

When a creature or artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to Resistance Is Futile:

  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.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Crypt Champion can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Push // Pull can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Vivien on the Hunt can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Virtus's Maneuver can bring back
  9. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  10. Quest for the Necropolis — Resistance Is Futile puts cards into the graveyard that Quest for the Necropolis can bring back
  11. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  12. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian — Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  13. Skirsdag Flayer — Skirsdag Flayer puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  14. Cabal Therapist — Cabal Therapist puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  15. Bloodsoaked Altar — Bloodsoaked Altar puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  16. Crypt Lurker — Crypt Lurker puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  17. Lord of the Forsaken — Lord of the Forsaken puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  18. Sadistic Hypnotist — Sadistic Hypnotist puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  19. Undercity Informer — Undercity Informer puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back
  20. Nezumi Bone-Reader — Nezumi Bone-Reader puts cards into the graveyard that Resistance Is Futile can bring back

832 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 (Resistance Is Futile is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Resistance Is Futile:

  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. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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 (Resistance Is Futile is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Resistance Is Futile:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries
  5. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

458 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 (Resistance Is Futile is one).

When Resistance Is Futile is cast:

  1. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  2. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Resistance Is Futile is one).

  1. Golbez, Crystal Collector — When an artifact enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Golbez, Crystal Collector surveils

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Resistance Is Futile is one).

  1. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — When a creature enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste

32 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 (Resistance Is Futile is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a creature enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Doombot Harbinger — When Doombot Harbinger enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, it mills a card
  3. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple gains you 1 life
  4. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  5. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim gains you 1 life
  6. Boss's Chauffeur — When a creature enters thanks to Resistance Is Futile, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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