The Destined Black Mage

The Destined Black Mage

Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Deathtouch
Another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

activated {B}, {T} — grants a keyword

Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage to each opponent. If you have a full party, it deals 3 damage to each opponent instead.

triggered — deals 1 damage

triggered — deals 3 damage

What we read on this card

Causes: anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an artifact is cast, a battle is cast, an enchantment is cast, an instant is cast, a planeswalker is cast, a sorcery is cast.

Works well with

cast a battle — 15 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this.

  1. Author of Shadows — When an artifact is cast thanks to Author of Shadows, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  2. Tinybones, the Pickpocket — When an artifact is cast thanks to Tinybones, the Pickpocket, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  3. Invasion of Ulgrotha // Grandmother Ravi Sengir — When Invasion of Ulgrotha // Grandmother Ravi Sengir is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  4. Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch — When Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  5. Treasure Keeper — When an artifact is cast thanks to Treasure Keeper, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  6. Black Widow, Super Spy — When an artifact is cast thanks to Black Widow, Super Spy, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  7. Bismuth Mindrender — When an artifact is cast thanks to Bismuth Mindrender, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  8. Wondrous Crucible — When Wondrous Crucible is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  9. Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead — When Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  10. Ugin, Eye of the Storms — When Ugin, Eye of the Storms is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage

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

cast a planeswalker — 45 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this.

  1. Professor Onyx — When Professor Onyx is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  2. Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted — When Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  3. Liliana, Death's Majesty — When Liliana, Death's Majesty is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  4. Liliana, the Necromancer — When Liliana, the Necromancer is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  5. Liliana, Death Wielder — When Liliana, Death Wielder is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  6. Tezzeret, Cruel Captain — When Tezzeret, Cruel Captain is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  7. Karn, Scion of Urza — When Karn, Scion of Urza is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  8. Liliana, Death Mage — When Liliana, Death Mage is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  9. Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer — When Ral Zarek, Guest Lecturer is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  10. Liliana Vess — When Liliana Vess is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage

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

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 125 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When The Destined Black Mage enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything deals noncombat damage — 388 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

  1. Talon of Pain — When The Destined Black Mage deals noncombat damage, Talon of Pain puts a charge counter on itself

life is lost — 1,256 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

When The Destined Black Mage makes a player lose life:

  1. Hour of Victory — raises your speed
  2. Walking Sarcophagus — raises your speed
  3. Gas Guzzler — raises your speed
  4. Gastal Raider — raises your speed
  5. Risen Necroregent — raises your speed
  6. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  7. Starting Column — raises your speed
  8. Momentum Breaker — raises your speed
  9. Racers' Scoreboard — raises your speed
  10. Bloodthirsty Conqueror — gains you that much life

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

cast an enchantment — 594 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this.

  1. Carnival of Souls — When Carnival of Souls is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  2. Jaws of Defeat — When Jaws of Defeat is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  3. Dragon Shadow — When Dragon Shadow is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  4. Death Match — When Death Match is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  5. Necromantic Thirst — When Necromantic Thirst is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  6. Ragged Veins — When Ragged Veins is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  7. Curse of Shallow Graves — When Curse of Shallow Graves is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  8. Larceny — When Larceny is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  9. Ugin's Mastery — When Ugin's Mastery is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  10. Coercive Impetus — When Coercive Impetus is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage

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

cast an artifact — 2,470 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this.

  1. Chimeric Egg — When Chimeric Egg is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  2. Tome of Legends — When Tome of Legends is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  3. Sword of Wealth and Power — When Sword of Wealth and Power is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  4. Cloudstone Curio — When Cloudstone Curio is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  5. Contested Game Ball — When Contested Game Ball is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  6. Portcullis — When Portcullis is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  7. Symmetry Matrix — When Symmetry Matrix is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  8. Decoction Module — When Decoction Module is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  9. Sword of the Meek — When Sword of the Meek is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  10. Doc Ock's Tentacles — When Doc Ock's Tentacles is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage

2,460 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

cast a sorcery — 858 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this.

  1. The Dawning Archaic — When an instant is cast thanks to The Dawning Archaic, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage
  2. Sins of the Past — When Sins of the Past is cast, The Destined Black Mage deals 1 damage

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

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

When The Destined Black Mage attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. Hooded Blightfang — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  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

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

When The Destined Black Mage 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. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  5. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  6. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  7. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  8. Curse of Disturbance — makes a token
  9. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 3,478 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

When The Destined Black Mage blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature deals combat damage — 3,478 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When The Destined Black Mage deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 3,493 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

When The Destined Black Mage is cast:

  1. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  5. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  6. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  9. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  10. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,680 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

  1. Minion Reflector — When The Destined Black Mage enters, Minion Reflector makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,967 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

When The Destined Black Mage enters:

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

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

anything is dealt damage — 3,757 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

  1. Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When an opponent is dealt damage thanks to The Destined Black Mage, Massacre Girl, Most Wanted puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

anything is cast — 7,104 cards in The Destined Black Mage's colors can cause this (The Destined Black Mage is one).

  1. Relic Amulet — When The Destined Black Mage is cast, Relic Amulet puts a charge counter on itself