The Balrog, Durin's Bane

The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon

Mana cost: {5}{B}{R}

How we read this card

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this turn.

static — costs less

Haste
The Balrog can't be blocked except by legendary creatures.

static — restricts what can block it

When The Balrog dies, destroy target artifact or creature an opponent controls.

triggered —

What we read on this card

Causes: an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 876 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

  1. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put The Balrog, Durin's Bane onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put The Balrog, Durin's Bane onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put The Balrog, Durin's Bane onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put The Balrog, Durin's Bane onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Dreamshaper Shaman — Dreamshaper Shaman can put The Balrog, Durin's Bane onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put The Balrog, Durin's Bane onto the battlefield from your library

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

a Demon enters the battlefield — 215 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

  1. Blood Speaker — When The Balrog, Durin's Bane enters, Blood Speaker returns itself from the graveyard

an artifact in a graveyard — 704 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

The Balrog, Durin's Bane puts cards into the:

  1. Beacon of Unrest — graveyard that Beacon of Unrest can bring back
  2. Goblin Welder — graveyard that Goblin Welder can bring back
  3. Tomakul Scrapsmith — graveyard that Tomakul Scrapsmith can bring back
  4. Anrakyr the Traveller — graveyard that Anrakyr the Traveller can bring back
  5. Scrap Mastery — graveyard that Scrap Mastery can bring back
  6. Slag Fiend — graveyard, and Slag Fiend gets bigger

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

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 724 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

  1. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Krenko, Baron of Tin Street makes a token
  2. Shard of the Void Dragon — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Shard of the Void Dragon puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Gremlin Infestation — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Gremlin Infestation makes a token
  4. Summoning Station — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Summoning Station untaps itself
  5. Pain Distributor — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Pain Distributor deals 1 damage
  6. Sardian Avenger — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Sardian Avenger deals 1 damage
  7. Disciple of the Vault — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Disciple of the Vault makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Moriok Rigger — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Moriok Rigger puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Magnetic Mine — When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Magnetic Mine deals 2 damage
  10. Dross Scorpion — When a creature dies thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane, Dross Scorpion untaps a permanent

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

a creature in a graveyard — 1,635 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

The Balrog, Durin's Bane:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — puts cards into the graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — puts cards into the graveyard that Crypt Champion can bring back
  5. Virtus's Maneuver — puts cards into the graveyard that Virtus's Maneuver can bring back
  6. Quest for the Necropolis — puts cards into the graveyard that Quest for the Necropolis can bring back
  7. Sheoldred // The True Scriptures — puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  8. Demon of Dark Schemes — puts cards into the graveyard that Demon of Dark Schemes can bring back
  9. Avatar of Woe — fills a graveyard toward the 10 or more creature cards Avatar of Woe needs
  10. Portal to Phyrexia — puts cards into the graveyard that Portal to Phyrexia can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 1,635 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane:

  1. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  2. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  3. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  4. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  5. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  6. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  7. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  8. Fire Nation Sentinels — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 1,676 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane:

  1. Salvaging Station — untaps itself
  2. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  3. Shadows of the Past — scries
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  7. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  8. Lim-Dûl the Necromancer — brings a card back
  9. Undying Malice — brings a card back
  10. Feign Death — brings a card back

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 1,722 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

When a creature or artifact hits the graveyard thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,966 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Balrog, Durin's Bane:

  1. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  2. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature

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

a creature attacks — 6,499 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When The Balrog, Durin's Bane attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 6,499 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When The Balrog, Durin's Bane attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,209 cards in The Balrog's colors can cause this (The Balrog is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When The Balrog, Durin's Bane enters, Liliana the Repentant mills a card

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