edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Suffocation

Suffocation

Instant

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Cast this spell only if you were dealt damage this turn by a red instant or sorcery spell.
Suffocation deals 4 damage to the controller of the last red instant or sorcery spell that dealt damage to you this turn.

on-cast — deals 4 damage

Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

on-cast — draws you 1 card

Causes: an instant deals noncombat damage, a sorcery deals noncombat damage, draw a card.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

an instant deals noncombat damage — 2 cards in the game can cause this (Suffocation is one).

When Suffocation deals noncombat damage:

  1. Blaze Commando — makes 2 tokens
  2. Satyr Firedancer — deals that much damage
  3. Tamanoa — gains you that much life
  4. Syr Carah, the Bold — exiles a card from your library

2 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 (Suffocation is one).

When Suffocation 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. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Suffocation is one).

When Suffocation makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Diviner's Wand — gets +1/+1
  7. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  8. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  9. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  10. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Suffocation is one).

When Suffocation is cast:

  1. Invasion of Regatha // Disciples of the Inferno — gets +1/+1
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — gets +1/+1
  3. Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage — gets +1/+1
  4. Tor Wauki the Younger — deals 2 damage
  5. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  6. Ojer Pakpatiq, Deepest Epoch // Temple of Cyclical Time — grants rebound
  7. Repeated Reverberation — copies an ability
  8. Riku of Two Reflections — copies a spell
  9. Artist's Talent — draws and discards
  10. In the Eye of Chaos — counters a spell

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

anything is cast — 31,128 cards in the game can cause this (Suffocation is one).

When Suffocation is cast:

  1. Windrider Wizard — draws you 1 card
  2. Relic Amulet — puts a charge counter on itself
  3. Rockslide Sorcerer — deals 1 damage
  4. Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls — grants flying
  5. Alania, Divergent Storm — makes an opponent draw 1 card
  6. Umara Mystic — gets +2/+0
  7. Master of Winds — triggers

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