Ruthless Deathfang

Ruthless Deathfang

Creature — Dragon

Mana cost: {4}{U}{B}

How we read this card

Flying
Whenever you sacrifice a creature, target opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

triggered —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature is sacrificed.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Ruthless Deathfang onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When Ruthless Deathfang attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. The Ur-Dragon — draws you that many cards
  4. Atarka, World Render — grants double strike
  5. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  6. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage
  7. Ojutai, Soul of Winter — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  8. Dromoka, the Eternal — puts a counter on a permanent

a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When Ruthless Deathfang deals combat damage:

  1. Parapet Thrasher — triggers
  2. Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
  3. Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers

a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When Ruthless Deathfang enters:

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Ruthless Deathfang counters as it enters

487 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When Ruthless Deathfang enters:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

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

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

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, 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.

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Caesar, Legion's Emperor makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Thraximundar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Zodiark, Umbral God puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Mortician Beetle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Foot Chopper — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Foot Chopper, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  10. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  11. Tainted Aether — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tainted Aether, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  12. Saw — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  13. Adric, Mathematical Genius — When you sacrifice Adric, Mathematical Genius, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  14. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  15. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When you sacrifice Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  16. Skittering Horror — When you sacrifice Skittering Horror, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  17. Skittering Skirge — When you sacrifice Skittering Skirge, Ruthless Deathfang makes an opponent sacrifice a creature

623 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 (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

Ruthless Deathfang 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 (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Ruthless Deathfang:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card

68 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 (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — When a creature dies thanks to Ruthless Deathfang, Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When Ruthless Deathfang attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

When Ruthless Deathfang attacks:

  1. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back

219 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 (Ruthless Deathfang is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When Ruthless Deathfang enters, Liliana the Repentant mills a card

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