Sorin the Mirthless

Sorin the Mirthless

Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

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

How we read this card

Look at the top card of your library. You may reveal that card and put it into your hand. If you do, you lose life equal to its mana value.

activated +1 — puts cards into your hand

activated +1 —

Create a 2/3 black Vampire creature token with flying and lifelink.

activated −2 — makes a token

Sorin deals 13 damage to any target. You gain 13 life.

activated −7 — deals 13 damage

activated −7 — gains you 13 life

Causes: make a player lose life, create a Vampire creature token, put a Vampire creature token onto the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage, gain life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Sorin the Mirthless an extra ability

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

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When Sorin the Mirthless is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Sorin the Mirthless enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a Vampire enters the battlefield — 500 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless:

  1. Anje, Maid of Dishonor — makes a token
  2. Forerunner of the Legion — gives +1/+1
  3. Markov Enforcer — deals damage
  4. Evelyn, the Covetous — exiles a card from a library

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When Sorin the Mirthless gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Sorin the Mirthless makes a Vampire token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

3 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 (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When Sorin the Mirthless deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Dragonborn Champion — draws you 1 card
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  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.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When Sorin the Mirthless makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin the Mirthless is one).

When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin the Mirthless:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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