The Ruinous Wrecking Crew

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew

Legendary Creature — Human Villain

Mana cost: {X}{B}{R}

How we read this card

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

static — arrives with counters

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters, choose up to X —

triggered —

Discard a card, then draw a card.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 1 card

Target opponent loses 2 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

Destroy target token.

triggered —

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

triggered —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: put a counter on anything, you face a dilemma, discard a card, draw a card, make a player lose life, a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it draws you cards
  2. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel leaves the battlefield thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it makes its power tokens
  3. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it exiles a Synth you control
  4. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it exiles a Nightmare

a Villain deals combat damage — 255 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew deals combat damage:

  1. Loki, the Deceiver — draws you 1 card
  2. Stilt-Man, Towering Terror — triggers

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

a Villain enters the battlefield — 268 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters:

  1. Flying Octobot — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Doom Reigns Supreme — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Yellowjacket, Heartless Marauder — gets +1/+0
  5. Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel — triggers
  6. Prowler, Clawed Thief — draws and discards
  7. Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord — draws and discards

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

19 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 Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew 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

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Sangromancer — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew dies, Sangromancer gains you 3 life

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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