To the Slaughter

To the Slaughter

Instant

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Target player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice.

on-cast —

If there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard, instead that player sacrifices a creature and a planeswalker of their choice.

on-cast —

on-cast —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, sacrifice a planeswalker, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — When Electro, Assaulting Battery leaves the battlefield thanks to To the Slaughter, it triggers
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to To the Slaughter, it exiles a Nightmare

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

To the Slaughter puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — graveyard, and The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell gets bigger
  3. Builder's Talent — graveyard that Builder's Talent can bring back
  4. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — graveyard that Tasigur, the Golden Fang can bring back
  5. Serpent of the Pass — graveyard, and Serpent of the Pass gets bigger
  6. Emeria Shepherd — graveyard that Emeria Shepherd can bring back
  7. Moment of Reckoning — graveyard that Moment of Reckoning can bring back
  8. Serra Paragon — graveyard that Serra Paragon can bring back
  9. Muldrotha, the Gravetide — graveyard that Muldrotha, the Gravetide can bring back
  10. Deadbridge Chant — graveyard that Deadbridge Chant can bring back

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

a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 232 cards in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

  1. Carth the Lion — When a planeswalker dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Carth the Lion searches a library
  2. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Massacre Girl, Most Wanted deals 1 damage
  3. Kaya's Ghostform — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Kaya's Ghostform brings a card back
  4. Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord gains you 1 life
  5. Cruel Celebrant — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Cruel Celebrant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Rising Populace — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Rising Populace puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Ajani's Last Stand — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Ajani's Last Stand sacrifices itself
  8. Martyr's Bond — When a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to To the Slaughter, Martyr's Bond makes an opponent sacrifice a permanent

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to To the Slaughter:

  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 (To the Slaughter is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to To the Slaughter:

  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 creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

To the Slaughter puts cards into the graveyard that:

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

When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter:

  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 (To the Slaughter is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to To the Slaughter, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to To the Slaughter, it triggers

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to To the Slaughter, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (To the Slaughter is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to To the Slaughter, it exiles itself

15 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 (To the Slaughter is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — To the Slaughter fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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