Rise of the Deathbringer

Rise of the Deathbringer

Instant

Mana cost: {4}{B}

How we read this card

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control. You lose life equal to the number of cards drawn this way.

on-cast — draws you cards

on-cast —

All creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.

on-cast — shrinks a creature by -3/-3

Causes: you face a dilemma, draw a card, make a player lose life, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it draws you cards
  2. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it triggers
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it exiles a Nightmare

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

When Rise of the Deathbringer 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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

Rise of the Deathbringer puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — 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 (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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 (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it makes 2 tokens
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it makes you lose life

452 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 (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

When Rise of the Deathbringer makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  8. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  9. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  10. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

When Rise of the Deathbringer makes a player draw a card:

  1. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1

65 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 (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

  1. Cryptic Pursuit — When Rise of the Deathbringer is cast, Cryptic Pursuit triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

31 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 (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Rise of the Deathbringer, it exiles itself

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 (Rise of the Deathbringer is one).

Rise of the Deathbringer:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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