Struggle // Survive

Struggle // Survive

Instant // Sorcery

Mana cost: {2}{R} // {1}{G}

How we read this card

Struggle deals damage to target creature equal to the number of lands you control.

on-cast — deals damage

Aftermath
Each player shuffles their graveyard into their library.

on-cast —

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, shuffle a library, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a library is shuffled — 1,189 cards in the game can cause this (Struggle is one).

When Struggle // Survive shuffles a library:

  1. Cosi's Trickster — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Psychic Surgery — triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Struggle is one).

When Struggle // Survive leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 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 (Struggle is one).

When Struggle // Survive 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. 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.

a sorcery it makes cheaper to cast — 3,585 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring — Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring reduces what Struggle // Survive costs

3,584 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Struggle is one).

When Struggle // Survive is cast:

  1. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  2. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  3. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  4. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  5. Sword of Wealth and Power — copies a spell
  6. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — brings a card back
  7. Harness the Storm — brings a card back
  8. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  9. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — exiles a spell you control
  10. Niblis of Frost — taps a creature an opponent controls

424 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 (Struggle is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Struggle // Survive, Soul Link gains you that much life

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