Retribution

Retribution

Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Choose two target creatures controlled by the same opponent. That player chooses and sacrifices one of those creatures. Put a -1/-1 counter on the other.

on-cast — forced sacrifice

on-cast — puts a counter on it

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Retribution, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Retribution is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Retribution:

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

22 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 (Retribution is one).

Retribution puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — 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 (Retribution is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Retribution:

  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 (Retribution is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Retribution:

  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
  6. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  7. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  8. Missy — brings a card back
  9. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  10. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Retribution is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Retribution:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  3. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  4. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers

10 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 (Retribution is one).

When Retribution is cast:

  1. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  2. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  3. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  4. Death to Our Enemies — makes a token
  5. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  6. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  7. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1

427 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 (Retribution is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Retribution puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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