The Infamous Cruelclaw

The Infamous Cruelclaw

Legendary Creature — Weasel Mercenary

Mana cost: {1}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Menace
Whenever The Infamous Cruelclaw deals combat damage to a player, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by discarding a card rather than paying its mana cost.

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What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: exile an artifact, exile a battle, exile a creature, exile an enchantment, exile an instant, exile a planeswalker, exile a sorcery, cast an artifact, cast a battle, cast a creature, cast an enchantment, cast an instant, cast a planeswalker, cast a sorcery, discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a battle is cast — 100 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Defiler of Instinct — When The Infamous Cruelclaw is cast, Defiler of Instinct deals 1 damage
  2. Defiler of Flesh — When The Infamous Cruelclaw is cast, Defiler of Flesh gives +1/+1
  3. Primeval Bounty — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Primeval Bounty puts 3 counters on a creature
  4. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer gets +1/+1
  5. Thor, God of Thunder — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Thor, God of Thunder deals that spell's mana value damage
  6. Krile Baldesion — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Krile Baldesion brings a card back
  7. Summon: Good King Mog XII — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Summon: Good King Mog XII makes a token
  8. Kykar, Wind's Fury — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Kykar, Wind's Fury makes a token
  9. Tellah, Great Sage — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Tellah, Great Sage makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Blood Funnel sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker is exiled — 231 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Kaya's Ghostform blinks a permanent

a nontoken artifact is exiled — 334 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

When an artifact is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw:

  1. Psychomancer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is exiled — 336 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself

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

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Jaya's Phoenix returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — When a planeswalker is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Interplanar Beacon gains you 1 life
  3. Varis, Silverymoon Ranger — When The Infamous Cruelclaw is cast, Varis, Silverymoon Ranger triggers

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

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Elemental Expressionist — When Elemental Expressionist is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, it makes a token
  2. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  3. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Kaya, Spirits' Justice copies a permanent
  5. Soulherder — When a creature is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Soulherder puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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 Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

When The Infamous Cruelclaw 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 is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature, artifact, enchantment, instant, sorcery, planeswalker or battle is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, it triggers

an enchantment is cast — 3,673 cards in the game can cause this (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

When an enchantment is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw:

  1. Hallowed Haunting — makes a token
  2. Daxos the Returned — puts a counter on a permanent
  3. Tatsunari, Toad Rider — makes a token
  4. Sythis, Harvest's Hand — gains you 1 life
  5. Sigil of the Empty Throne — makes a token
  6. Dawnhart Geist — gains you 2 life
  7. Herald of the Pantheon — gains you 1 life
  8. Kami of Transience — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Argothian Enchantress — draws you 1 card
  10. Mesa Enchantress — draws you 1 card

255 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 (The Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

When an artifact is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

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

  1. Spellweaver Volute — When a sorcery is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Spellweaver Volute copies a spell
  2. Riku of Two Reflections — When an instant is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Riku of Two Reflections copies a spell
  3. Sword of Wealth and Power — When an instant is cast thanks to The Infamous Cruelclaw, Sword of Wealth and Power copies a spell

431 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 Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — The Infamous Cruelclaw puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

443 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 Infamous Cruelclaw is one).

  1. Pollywog Prodigy — When The Infamous Cruelclaw enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself

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