Soulshriek
Instant
Mana cost: {B}
How we read this card
Target creature you control gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice that creature at the beginning of the next end step.
on-cast — gives +X/+0, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard
on-cast —
Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.
Cares about: a creature to sacrifice, a creature in a graveyard.
Works well with
anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Soulshriek is one).
- Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to Soulshriek, it triggers
- Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Soulshriek, it exiles a Nightmare
a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Soulshriek is one).
When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Soulshriek:
- Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
- Bag of Devouring — exiles it
a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.
- Havengul Lich — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Havengul Lich can bring back
- Liliana the Repentant — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
- Paleoloth — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
- Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Banon, the Returners' Leader — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
- Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
- Sword of Light and Shadow — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
- Necromantic Thirst — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
- Krile Baldesion — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Krile Baldesion can bring back
- Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — Soulshriek puts cards into the graveyard that Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar can bring back
- Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard, and Soulshriek gets bigger
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder is in the graveyard, Soulshriek gets bigger
1,324 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 (Soulshriek is one).
- Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Soulshriek, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Soulshriek, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
- Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Soulshriek, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Soulshriek, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
- Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Soulshriek, it draws you 1 card
- Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to Soulshriek, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
- Pink Horror — When Pink Horror dies thanks to Soulshriek, it makes 2 tokens
- Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Soulshriek, it triggers
- Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to Soulshriek, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
- Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Soulshriek, it makes you lose life
450 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Soulshriek is one).
- Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Soulshriek, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers
4 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 (Soulshriek is one).
- Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Soulshriek, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life
32 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 (Soulshriek is one).
- Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Soulshriek, it exiles itself
15 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 (Soulshriek is one).
- Havi, the All-Father — Soulshriek fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
- Repentant Vampire — Soulshriek fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Soulshriek 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.