The Cruelty of Gix

The Cruelty of Gix

Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Read ahead
Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a creature or planeswalker card from it. That player discards that card.

triggered —

Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle. You lose 3 life.

triggered — searches a library

triggered —

triggered —

Put target creature card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: discard a creature, discard a planeswalker, search your library, shuffle a library, make a player lose life, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a planeswalker is discarded — 16 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

  1. Waste Not — When a planeswalker makes a player discard a card thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, Waste Not draws you 1 card

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

a Saga in a graveyard — 186 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard:

  1. Rydia, Summoner of Mist — can bring it back
  2. Satsuki, the Living Lore — can bring it back

an enchantment is sacrificed — 588 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

  1. Narci, Fable Singer — When you sacrifice The Cruelty of Gix, Narci, Fable Singer draws you 1 card

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  2. Lotus-Eye Mystics — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Lotus-Eye Mystics can bring it back
  3. Builder's Talent — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Builder's Talent can bring it back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring it back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Emeria Shepherd can bring it back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Moment of Reckoning can bring it back
  8. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — The Cruelty of Gix puts cards into the graveyard that Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest can bring back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring it back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard, Deadbridge Chant can bring it back

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

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

When The Cruelty of Gix is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Neva, Stalked by Nightmares — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Knight of Doves — makes a token
  3. Warehouse Tabby — makes a token
  4. Starfield Mystic — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Femeref Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  6. Savior of the Sleeping — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ashiok's Reaper — draws you 1 card
  8. Wicked Visitor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Martyr's Bond — makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to The Cruelty of Gix:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 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 (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

When a creature or planeswalker makes a player discard a card thanks to The Cruelty of Gix:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Hostile Investigator — triggers

53 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 (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

When The Cruelty of Gix is in the graveyard:

  1. Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer — can bring it back
  2. Conspiracy Theorist — can bring it back
  3. Pitchstone Wall — can bring it back
  4. Containment Construct — can bring it back
  5. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — can bring it back

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, Dual Nature makes a token

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it brings a card back
  2. Wayspeaker Bodyguard — When Wayspeaker Bodyguard enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it brings a card back
  3. Pharika's Mender — When Pharika's Mender enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it brings a card back
  4. All-Seeing Arbiter — When All-Seeing Arbiter enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it draws you 2 cards
  5. Cavalier of Dawn — When Cavalier of Dawn enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it kills a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  6. Master Skald — When Master Skald enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it exiles a card from your graveyard
  7. Trusty Retriever — When Trusty Retriever enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it triggers

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (The Cruelty of Gix is one).

  1. Wan Shi Tong, Librarian — When Wan Shi Tong, Librarian enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it puts X counters on a permanent
  2. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — When Ivora, Insatiable Heir enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it makes a token
  3. Borborygmos and Fblthp — When Borborygmos and Fblthp enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it draws you 1 card
  4. Zoraline, Cosmos Caller — When Zoraline, Cosmos Caller enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it triggers
  5. White Widow, Free Agent — When White Widow, Free Agent enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it triggers
  6. Toluz, Clever Conductor — When Toluz, Clever Conductor enters thanks to The Cruelty of Gix, it draws and discards

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