Steel Wrecking Ball

Steel Wrecking Ball

Artifact

Mana cost: {5}

How we read this card

When this artifact enters, it deals 5 damage to target creature.

triggered — deals 5 damage

Destroy target artifact.

activated {1}{R}, Discard this card —

activated {1}{R}, Discard this card —

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, discard a card, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When Steel Wrecking Ball is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — can bring it back
  4. Trading Post — can bring it back
  5. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  6. Serpent of the Pass — gets bigger
  7. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  8. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  9. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  10. Scrap Welder — can bring it back

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

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

When Steel Wrecking Ball hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Steel Wrecking Ball:

  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.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

When Steel Wrecking Ball makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 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 (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

When Steel Wrecking Ball 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 artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

When Steel Wrecking Ball is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  3. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  4. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  5. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  6. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  7. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  8. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  9. Myrsmith — makes a token
  10. Artist's Talent — draws and discards

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

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 3,768 cards in the game can cause this (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

When Steel Wrecking Ball enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Replication Specialist — makes a token

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Steel Wrecking Ball enters, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

66 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 (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — When Steel Wrecking Ball is in the graveyard, Charnelhoard Wurm can bring it back

443 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 (Steel Wrecking Ball is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Steel Wrecking Ball, Soul Link gains you that much life

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