Aboroth

Aboroth

Creature — Elemental

Mana cost: {4}{G}{G}

How we read this card

Cumulative upkeep—Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature.

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Aboroth onto the battlefield from your library

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

an Elemental creature in a graveyard — 88 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Thunderkin Awakener — When Aboroth is in the graveyard, Thunderkin Awakener can bring it back

a nontoken Elemental is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Ashling, the Limitless — When you sacrifice Aboroth, Ashling, the Limitless makes a token

an Elemental in a graveyard — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When Aboroth is in the graveyard:

  1. Sunflare Shaman — gets bigger
  2. Horde of Notions — can bring it back

an Elemental is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 93 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When Aboroth is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Omnath, Locus of Rage — deals 3 damage
  2. Titania, Nature's Force — mills a card

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Champion of the Path — When Aboroth enters, Champion of the Path deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — When Aboroth enters, Risen Reef puts a land onto the battlefield

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When you sacrifice Aboroth:

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When you sacrifice Aboroth:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When Aboroth gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  3. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  4. Rikku, Resourceful Guardian — triggers

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When Aboroth is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring it back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — When Aboroth dies, Zahur, Glory's Past makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — When Aboroth dies, Liesa, Forgotten Archangel brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — When Aboroth dies, Avacyn, Angel of Horror brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — When Aboroth dies, Yedora, Grave Gardener brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — When Aboroth dies, Nim Deathmantle brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — When Aboroth dies, Valkyrie's Call brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — When Aboroth dies, Decaying Soil brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — When Aboroth dies, High-Society Hunter draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — When Aboroth dies, Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer flickers itself

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

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

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

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Aboroth fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

When Aboroth attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

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

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Aboroth is one).

  1. Scurry Oak — When Aboroth enters, Scurry Oak puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — When Aboroth enters, Fathom Mage puts a counter on itself

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