Awaken the Erstwhile

Awaken the Erstwhile

Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Each player discards all the cards in their hand, then creates that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

on-cast —

on-cast — makes that many tokens

Causes: discard a card, create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When a Zombie enters thanks to Awaken the Erstwhile:

  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 card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

When Awaken the Erstwhile 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. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  6. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  7. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  8. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  9. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  10. Currency Converter — exiles it

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

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Awaken the Erstwhile:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Awaken the Erstwhile makes a Zombie token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Awaken the Erstwhile:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes a token
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

When Awaken the Erstwhile makes a Zombie token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

When Awaken the Erstwhile is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

424 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 (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

Awaken the Erstwhile:

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  3. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  4. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  6. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  7. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  8. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  9. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  10. Bound // Determined — puts cards into the graveyard that Bound // Determined can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Awaken the Erstwhile is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Awaken the Erstwhile:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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