Shriveling Rot

Shriveling Rot

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Until end of turn, whenever a creature is dealt damage, destroy it.

on-cast —

Until end of turn, whenever a creature dies, that creature's controller loses life equal to its toughness.

on-cast — makes each opponent lose life equal to its toughness

Entwine {2}{B}

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

Cares about: a creature is dealt damage, a creature dies.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Shriveling Rot is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Shriveling Rot, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Shriveling Rot, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When Shriveling Rot 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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

Shriveling Rot 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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot:

  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.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, it draws you 1 card
  5. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  6. Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, it makes 2 tokens
  7. Foot Chopper — When a creature dies thanks to Foot Chopper, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  8. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  9. Lethal Vapors — When a creature dies thanks to Lethal Vapors, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  10. Grave Peril — When a creature dies thanks to Grave Peril, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  11. Spreading Plague — When a creature dies thanks to Spreading Plague, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  12. Saw — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  13. Hot Soup — When a creature dies thanks to Hot Soup, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  14. Cracked Skull — When a creature dies thanks to Cracked Skull, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  15. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature dies thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  16. Mire Blight — When a creature dies thanks to Mire Blight, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  17. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, it triggers
  18. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  19. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, it makes you lose life
  20. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, it exiles itself

1,170 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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Shriveling Rot:

  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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

When a player makes a player lose life thanks to Shriveling Rot:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  3. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  4. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  5. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  6. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  7. Hour of Victory — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

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

an instant it makes cheaper to cast — 3,773 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Shriveling Rot costs
  2. Mana Matrix — Mana Matrix reduces what Shriveling Rot costs

3,771 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Shriveling Rot is one).

When Shriveling Rot is cast:

  1. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  2. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  3. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  4. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

433 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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Shriveling Rot, 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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Shriveling Rot, it exiles itself

16 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 (Shriveling Rot is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Shriveling Rot fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Shriveling Rot fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Shriveling Rot 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.

deal damage to a creature — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this.

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to:

  1. Relic Amulet — Shriveling Rot kills it
  2. Requiem Monolith — Shriveling Rot kills it
  3. Heart-Piercer Bow — Shriveling Rot kills it
  4. Lothlórien Blade — Shriveling Rot kills it
  5. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — Shriveling Rot kills it
  6. Caltrops — Shriveling Rot kills it
  7. Gaze of Pain — Shriveling Rot kills it
  8. Grisly Sigil — Shriveling Rot kills it
  9. Dead Reckoning — Shriveling Rot kills it
  10. Surgehacker Mech — Shriveling Rot kills it

18,913 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.