Shatter the Source

Shatter the Source

Instant

Mana cost: {5}{R}

How we read this card

Convoke
Shatter the Source deals 6 damage to target creature, planeswalker, or battle.

on-cast — deals 6 damage

Destroy target artifact.

on-cast —

Causes: you face a dilemma, a battle deals noncombat damage, a creature deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a battle deals noncombat damage — 12 cards in the game can cause this (Shatter the Source is one).

  1. Tamanoa — When Shatter the Source deals noncombat damage, Tamanoa gains you that much life

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

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Shatter the Source is one).

When Shatter the Source 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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Shatter the Source is one).

Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring back
  2. Narset, Enlightened Exile — can bring back
  3. Fallaji Archaeologist — can bring back
  4. T'Chaka, Venerable King — can bring back
  5. Goblin Welder — can bring back
  6. Saprazzan Bailiff — can bring back
  7. Tomakul Scrapsmith — can bring back
  8. Anrakyr the Traveller — can bring back
  9. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — can bring back
  10. Open the Vaults — can bring back

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Shatter the Source is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Shatter the Source:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  3. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  6. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  8. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  9. Pain Distributor — deals 1 damage
  10. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Shatter the Source is one).

When Shatter the Source deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Dragonborn Champion — draws you 1 card
  6. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  7. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  8. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 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 (Shatter the Source is one).

When Shatter the Source is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  3. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  5. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  6. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  7. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  8. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

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 (Shatter the Source is one).

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Enlightened Confidant — Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  3. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  4. Grazing Kelpie — Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that Grazing Kelpie can bring back
  5. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Shatter the Source would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  6. Endurance — Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that Endurance can bring back
  7. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — Shatter the Source fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Thieves' Guild Enforcer needs
  8. Soaring Thought-Thief — Shatter the Source fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Soaring Thought-Thief needs
  9. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Shatter the Source puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  10. Merfolk Windrobber — Shatter the Source fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Merfolk Windrobber needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Shatter the Source is one).

When an artifact hits the graveyard thanks to Shatter the Source:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  5. Planar Void — hits a graveyard

6 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 (Shatter the Source is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Shatter the Source, Soul Link gains you that much life

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