The Ruinous Wrecking Crew

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew

Legendary Creature — Human Villain

Mana cost: {X}{B}{R}

How we read this card

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

static — arrives with counters

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters, choose up to X —

triggered —

Discard a card, then draw a card.

triggered —

triggered — draws you 1 card

Target opponent loses 2 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 2 life

Destroy target token.

triggered —

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

triggered —

What we read on this card

Causes: put a counter on anything, you face a dilemma, discard a card, draw a card, make a player lose life, a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel leaves the battlefield thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it makes its power tokens
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it exiles a Nightmare

a Villain deals combat damage — 133 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Stilt-Man, Towering Terror — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew deals combat damage, Stilt-Man, Towering Terror triggers

a Villain enters the battlefield — 144 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew enters:

  1. Doom Reigns Supreme — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Crossbones, Malicious Mercenary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Yellowjacket, Heartless Marauder — gets +1/+0
  4. Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel — triggers
  5. Baron Strucker, HYDRA Overlord — draws and discards

you face a dilemma — 279 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew poses a dilemma:

  1. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  2. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,016 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew:

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,034 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew:

  1. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  3. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  8. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  9. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library
  10. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it

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

a card is discarded — 1,069 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  6. Glint-Horn Buccaneer — deals 1 damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

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

The Ruinous Wrecking Crew puts cards into the:

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

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

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

When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew 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. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  6. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  7. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  8. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  9. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  10. Nightmare Shepherd — 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 Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Sangromancer — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew dies, Sangromancer gains you 3 life
  2. Shriveling Rot — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew dies, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  3. Meathook Massacre II — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew dies, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  4. Ashnod's Intervention — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew dies, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back
  5. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to The Ruinous Wrecking Crew, it makes you lose life

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

a card in a graveyard — 3,858 cards in The Ruinous Wrecking Crew's colors can cause this (The Ruinous Wrecking Crew is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — The Ruinous Wrecking Crew fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

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

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

  1. Chorale of the Void — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

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

  1. Grim Javelineer — When The Ruinous Wrecking Crew attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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