Vampiric Rites

Vampiric Rites

Enchantment

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

You gain 1 life and draw a card.

activated {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature — gains you 1 life

activated {1}{B}, Sacrifice a creature — draws you 1 card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, gain life, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Vampiric Rites, it draws you cards
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Vampiric Rites, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites:

  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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites:

  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.

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Vampiric Rites is one).

When Vampiric Rites gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

Vampiric Rites 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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Vampiric Rites, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Vampiric Rites, it triggers
  8. Saffi Eriksdotter — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  9. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Vampiric Rites, it makes you lose life
  10. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns dies thanks to Vampiric Rites, it exiles itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (Vampiric Rites is one).

  1. Robot Domination — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to Vampiric Rites, Robot Domination draws you 1 card

13 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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Vampiric Rites, 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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Vampiric Rites, it exiles itself

17 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 (Vampiric Rites is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Vampiric Rites fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Vampiric Rites fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Vampiric Rites puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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