Kuro, Pitlord

Kuro, Pitlord

Legendary Creature — Demon Spirit

Mana cost: {6}{B}{B}{B}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Kuro unless you pay {B}{B}{B}{B}.

triggered —

Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.

activated Pay 1 life —

activated Pay 1 life — shrinks a creature by -1/-1

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, make a player lose life.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a Demon enters the battlefield — 170 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Blood Speaker — When Kuro, Pitlord enters, Blood Speaker returns itself from the graveyard

a Spirit creature it boosts — 166 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this.

  1. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Kuro, Pitlord bigger stats

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 698 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

When you sacrifice Kuro, Pitlord:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 699 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

When you sacrifice Kuro, Pitlord:

  1. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  2. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  3. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  5. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  6. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Lightless Evangel — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  9. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it

a creature in a graveyard — 1,237 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

When Kuro, Pitlord is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  3. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  4. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  5. Ruthless Technomancer — can bring it back
  6. Forum Necroscribe — can bring it back
  7. The Deck of Many Things — can bring it back
  8. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — can bring it back
  9. Sibsig Muckdraggers — can bring it back
  10. The Cauldron of Eternity — gets bigger

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

a nontoken creature dies — 1,237 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

When Kuro, Pitlord dies:

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  2. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  3. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  4. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  5. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  6. Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner — makes a token
  7. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  8. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  9. Nightmare Shepherd — exiles it
  10. Homicide Investigator — triggers

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

a creature dies — 1,255 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

When Kuro, Pitlord dies:

  1. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  3. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  4. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  5. Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker — brings a card back
  6. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — brings a card back
  7. Undying Malice — brings a card back
  8. Feign Death — brings a card back
  9. Resurrection Orb — brings a card back
  10. Vincent's Limit Break — brings a card back

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 1,280 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Robot Domination — When Kuro, Pitlord hits the graveyard, Robot Domination draws you 1 card

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

life is lost — 1,256 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

When Kuro, Pitlord makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Moonstone Harbinger — gives +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  8. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  9. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything is sacrificed — 1,292 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice Kuro, Pitlord, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 1,393 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Splinter, the Mentor — When Kuro, Pitlord leaves the battlefield, Splinter, the Mentor makes a token

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,418 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Kuro, Pitlord leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

Kuro, Pitlord fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards:

  1. Repentant Vampire — needs
  2. Treacherous Vampire — needs
  3. Treacherous Werewolf — needs

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

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Kuro, Pitlord attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Kuro's colors can cause this (Kuro is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Kuro, Pitlord attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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