Apprentice Necromancer

Apprentice Necromancer

Creature — Zombie Wizard

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature gains haste.

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature — grants haste

At the beginning of the next end step, sacrifice it.

triggered —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: an end step, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Apprentice Necromancer, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Apprentice Necromancer, it exiles a Nightmare

a Zombie creature in a graveyard — 21 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When Apprentice Necromancer is in the graveyard:

  1. Tomb Tyrant — can bring it back
  2. Deadly Plot — can bring it back
  3. Gisa and Geralf — can bring it back
  4. Zombie Apocalypse — can bring it back
  5. Zul Ashur, Lich Lord — can bring it back
  6. Relentless Dead — can bring it back

a Zombie in a graveyard — 29 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When Apprentice Necromancer is in the graveyard:

  1. Ghoulcaller's Chant — can bring it back
  2. Cruel Revival — can bring it back
  3. Diregraf Colossus — gets bigger
  4. Infernal Caretaker — can bring it back
  5. Aphetto Vulture — can bring it back
  6. Rot Hulk — can bring it back
  7. Lord of the Undead — can bring it back
  8. Ghoulraiser — can bring it back
  9. Unholy Grotto — can bring it back

a nontoken Zombie is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 29 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When Apprentice Necromancer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Headless Rider — makes a token
  2. The Ghoul, Gunslinger — puts 2 counters on a permanent

a Zombie is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 44 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When Apprentice Necromancer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Archghoul of Thraben — searches a library
  2. Undead Augur — draws you 1 card
  3. Plague Belcher — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Diregraf Captain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Vengeful Dead — makes each opponent lose 1 life

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Wizard creature in a graveyard — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

Apprentice Necromancer puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Thwart the Grave — can bring back
  2. Bloodline Necromancer — can bring back

a Wizard creature dies — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Expedition Diviner — When Apprentice Necromancer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Expedition Diviner draws you 1 card

a Zombie deals combat damage — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Apprentice Necromancer deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

a Zombie attacks — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Apprentice Necromancer attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

a nontoken Zombie enters the battlefield — 661 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Necroduality — When Apprentice Necromancer enters, Necroduality makes a token

a Zombie it boosts — 669 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Cursecloth Wrappings — Cursecloth Wrappings gives Apprentice Necromancer bigger stats

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

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When Apprentice Necromancer enters:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

a Zombie creature it grants abilities to — 797 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ghoulflesh — Ghoulflesh gives Apprentice Necromancer an extra ability

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

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Apprentice Necromancer enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Apprentice Necromancer enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When Apprentice Necromancer leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

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

When you sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer:

  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 (Apprentice Necromancer is one).

When you sacrifice Apprentice Necromancer:

  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

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

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  2. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  3. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  4. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  5. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  6. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  7. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  8. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  9. Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back
  10. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Apprentice Necromancer can bring back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.