Vein Ripper

Vein Ripper

Creature — Vampire Assassin

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

How we read this card

Flying
Ward—Sacrifice a creature.
Whenever a creature dies, target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

triggered — gains you 2 life

triggered — drains each opponent

Causes: make a player lose life, gain life.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Vein Ripper onto the battlefield from your library

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

an Assassin deals combat damage — 212 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper deals combat damage:

  1. Layla Hassan — brings a card back
  2. Ezio, Blade of Vengeance — draws you 1 card
  3. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive — triggers
  4. Jacob Frye — exiles a card from your graveyard

an Assassin attacks — 212 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper attacks:

  1. The Revelations of Ezio — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Origin of the Hidden Ones — makes a token

an Assassin creature it grants types to — 219 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Reaper's Scythe — Reaper's Scythe gives Vein Ripper an extra creature type

218 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Vampire attacks — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper attacks:

  1. Glass-Cast Heart — makes a token
  2. Sanctum Seeker — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken Vampire attacks — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

  1. Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle — When Vein Ripper attacks, Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle makes a token

a Vampire creature is cast — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

  1. Bloodlord of Vaasgoth — When Vein Ripper is cast, Bloodlord of Vaasgoth grants bloodthirst

a Vampire deals combat damage — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper deals combat damage:

  1. Rakish Heir — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Stensia Masquerade — puts a counter on a permanent

a Vampire enters the battlefield — 500 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper enters:

  1. Anje, Maid of Dishonor — makes a token
  2. Forerunner of the Legion — gives +1/+1
  3. Markov Enforcer — deals damage
  4. Evelyn, the Covetous — exiles a card from a library

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

When Vein Ripper 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 dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ghoulish Procession — When a Zombie dies thanks to Ghoulish Procession, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  2. Curse of the Restless Dead — When a Zombie dies thanks to Curse of the Restless Dead, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia — When a Zombie dies thanks to Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  4. Hobbling Zombie — When a Zombie dies thanks to Hobbling Zombie, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  5. Amulet of Safekeeping — When a creature dies thanks to Amulet of Safekeeping, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Bloodline Culling — When a creature dies thanks to Bloodline Culling, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  7. Illness in the Ranks — When a creature dies thanks to Illness in the Ranks, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Virulent Plague — When a creature dies thanks to Virulent Plague, Vein Ripper makes each opponent lose 2 life

2,822 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Vein Ripper:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper attacks:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers
  5. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food

121 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 (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

189 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 (Vein Ripper is one).

When Vein Ripper enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

311 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 (Vein Ripper is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Vein Ripper enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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