Shard Phoenix

Shard Phoenix

Creature — Phoenix

Mana cost: {4}{R}

How we read this card

Flying
It deals 2 damage to each creature without flying.

activated Sacrifice this creature —

activated Sacrifice this creature — deals 2 damage

Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.

activated {R}{R}{R} — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, a creature deals noncombat damage, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Phoenix is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Syrix, Carrier of the Flame — When Shard Phoenix is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Syrix, Carrier of the Flame returns itself from the graveyard

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

When Shard Phoenix leaves a graveyard:

  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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

When you sacrifice Shard Phoenix:

  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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

When you sacrifice Shard Phoenix:

  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.

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

When Shard Phoenix leaves a graveyard:

  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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

When Shard Phoenix is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it 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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

When Shard Phoenix dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Shard Phoenix dies, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life

461 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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Shard Phoenix leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — When Shard Phoenix is in the graveyard, Charnelhoard Wurm can bring it back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — Shard Phoenix fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

442 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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shard Phoenix attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

149 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 (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Shard Phoenix attacks, 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 is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Shard Phoenix is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Shard Phoenix, Soul Link gains you that much life

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