Soul Burn
Sorcery
Mana cost: {X}{2}{B}
How we read this card
Spend only black and/or red mana on X.
Soul Burn deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more than the amount of {B} spent on X, the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.
on-cast — deals X damage
on-cast — gains you the damage dealt, but not more than the amount of {B} spent on X, the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness life
- makes gain life
Causes: anything deals noncombat damage, gain life.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Soul Burn is one).
When Soul Burn gains life:
- Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
- South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
- Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
- Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
- Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
- Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers
84 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 (Soul Burn is one).
When Soul Burn deals noncombat damage:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- 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 (Soul Burn is one).
When Soul Burn makes a player lose life:
- Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
- Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
- Aether Syphon — raises your speed
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
- Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
- Slick Imitator — raises your speed
- Nesting Bot — raises your speed
- Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Soul Burn is one).
When Soul Burn is cast:
- Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
- Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
- Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
- Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Artist's Talent — draws and discards
- Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature
424 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Soul Burn is one).
When Soul Burn is dealt damage:
- Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- War Elemental — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
- Darien, King of Kjeldor — makes that many tokens
- Swarmborn Giant — sacrifices itself
- Risona, Asari Commander — triggers
10 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.