Cloud of Darkness

Cloud of Darkness

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Mana cost: {2}{B}{G}{G}

How we read this card

Flying
When Cloud of Darkness enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.

triggered — shrinks a creature

What we read on this card

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

put a permanent into a graveyard — 79 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this.

  1. Lich — Lich puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  2. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  3. Worldslayer — Worldslayer puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  4. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  5. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  6. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  7. Ygra, Eater of All — When Ygra, Eater of All is in the graveyard, Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  8. Mindlash Sliver — When Mindlash Sliver is in the graveyard, Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  9. Mindwhip Sliver — When Mindwhip Sliver is in the graveyard, Cloud of Darkness gets bigger
  10. Witherbloom Charm — Witherbloom Charm puts cards into the graveyard, and Cloud of Darkness gets bigger

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

a creature attacks — 6,618 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

When Cloud of Darkness attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  4. Fractal Harness — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  6. Wand of Orcus — grants deathtouch
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 6,618 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

When Cloud of Darkness attacks:

  1. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  3. Fire Navy Trebuchet — makes a token
  4. Hollowmurk Siege — puts a counter on a creature
  5. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  6. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  7. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  8. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 6,618 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

When Cloud of Darkness blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  3. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  4. Gift of the Woods — gives +0/+3
  5. Noxious Assault — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Ferocity — puts a counter on a permanent
  7. Mammoth Harness — grants first strike
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature deals combat damage — 6,618 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Cloud of Darkness deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 6,648 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

When Cloud of Darkness is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Bloodbond March — brings a card back
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  4. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  5. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  6. Mona Lisa, Ever Adaptable — makes a token
  7. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  9. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  10. Silverback Elder — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 6,890 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

When Cloud of Darkness enters:

  1. Dual Nature — makes a token
  2. Bramble Sovereign — makes a token
  3. Soul of the Harvest — draws you 1 card
  4. Surrak and Goreclaw — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. Rocksteady, Mutant Marauder — puts a counter on a creature
  6. Radagast the Brown — searches a library
  7. Minion Reflector — makes a token
  8. The Great Henge — puts a counter on a permanent
  9. Guardian Project — draws you 1 card
  10. Warden of the Grove — triggers

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,436 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

When Cloud of Darkness enters:

  1. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  4. Bloodline Pretender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  6. Soultether Golem — puts a time counter on itself
  7. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself
  8. Tainted Aether — makes a player sacrifice a creature or land
  9. Lethal Vapors — kills it
  10. Spreading Plague — kills a creature

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

anything enters the battlefield — 10,697 cards in Cloud of Darkness's colors can cause this (Cloud of Darkness is one).

  1. Nature's Wrath — When Cloud of Darkness enters, Nature's Wrath makes a player sacrifice a Swamp or permanent

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