Juri, Master of the RevueHow it works & interactions with other cards

Growing the Star

Juri, Master of the Revue has two distinct triggered abilities. The first is a growth mechanic: whenever you sacrifice any permanent—be it a creature, land, artifact, or enchantment—Juri receives a +1/+1 counter. Note that Juri does not provide a way to sacrifice permanents itself; you must use other spells or abilities to trigger this effect. There is no limit to how many times this can trigger each turn.

The Grand Finale

When Juri leaves the battlefield and dies, its second ability triggers. This ability targets any creature, planeswalker, or player and deals damage equal to Juri's total power. The game looks at 'last known information' to determine how much damage is dealt. This means the damage includes Juri's base power plus any +1/+1 counters or other buffs it had the moment it moved from the battlefield to the graveyard.

Common Pitfalls

A common mistake is forgetting that Juri's death trigger uses its power at the time of death, not its base power. If Juri is a 1/1 with five +1/+1 counters, it deals 6 damage. However, if an opponent reduces Juri's power to 0 or less (for example, with a -N/-N spell) and that causes it to die, Juri will deal no damage. Additionally, sacrificing Juri to its own growth ability is impossible; Juri must be on the battlefield to receive counters from other sacrifices.

When to Play Juri

Juri is most effective in decks featuring high volumes of cheap sacrifices. Treasures, Clues, and Food tokens are excellent ways to grow Juri rapidly without losing card advantage. Because the death trigger can target anything, Juri acts as a powerful deterrent; opponents will be hesitant to destroy it if its power is high enough to eliminate their best creature or even finish them off directly.

Interaction examples

Generating Treasure Value

Professional Face-Breaker

If you attack and deal combat damage to a player, Professional Face-Breaker creates a Treasure. You can then use Professional Face-Breaker's ability to sacrifice that Treasure to exile a card. Because you sacrificed a permanent, Juri's first ability triggers, and you put a +1/+1 counter on Juri.

The Morbid Chain

Blood Artist

With both creatures on the battlefield, if you sacrifice a different creature to an external effect, two things happen: Juri gets a +1/+1 counter, and Blood Artist triggers to drain an opponent for 1 life. If Juri itself eventually dies, Blood Artist triggers again for 1 life, and Juri's death ability triggers to deal damage equal to its increased power to any target.