Volatile Stormdrake

Volatile Stormdrake

Creature — Drake

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

Flying, hexproof from activated and triggered abilities
When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and target creature an opponent controls. If you do, you get {E}{E}{E}{E}, then sacrifice that creature unless you pay an amount of {E} equal to its mana value.

triggered —

triggered — puts 4 counters on it

triggered —

Causes: exchange creature , put a counter on anything, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it exiles a Nightmare

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Volatile Stormdrake:

  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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Volatile Stormdrake:

  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 to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — Primeval Bounty makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  2. Saheeli, Radiant Creator — Saheeli, Radiant Creator makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  3. Captain Jean-Luc Picard — Captain Jean-Luc Picard makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  4. Invisible Woman — Invisible Woman makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  5. Vivi's Persistence — Vivi's Persistence makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  6. Endless Ranks of HYDRA — Endless Ranks of HYDRA makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  7. Riku of Two Reflections — Riku of Two Reflections makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  8. Defiler of Faith — Defiler of Faith makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake
  9. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper makes fodder for Volatile Stormdrake

2,711 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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

Volatile Stormdrake 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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

When Volatile Stormdrake dies:

  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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When Volatile Stormdrake dies, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When Volatile Stormdrake dies, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When Volatile Stormdrake dies, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When Volatile Stormdrake dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it makes a token
  6. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — When Clavileño, First of the Blessed dies thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it draws you 1 card
  7. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  8. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When Volatile Stormdrake dies, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it makes you lose life

451 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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Volatile Stormdrake leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Volatile Stormdrake, it exiles itself

18 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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Volatile Stormdrake fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — Volatile Stormdrake fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Volatile Stormdrake 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.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Volatile Stormdrake attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 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 (Volatile Stormdrake is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Volatile Stormdrake attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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