Axelrod Gunnarson

Axelrod Gunnarson

Legendary Creature — Giant

Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Trample
Whenever a creature dealt damage by Axelrod Gunnarson this turn dies, you gain 1 life and Axelrod Gunnarson deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker.

triggered — gains you 1 life

triggered — deals 1 damage

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: gain life, anything deals noncombat damage, a planeswalker deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Axelrod Gunnarson onto the battlefield from your library

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

When Axelrod Gunnarson gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

When Axelrod Gunnarson deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph — deals 2 damage
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

When Axelrod Gunnarson makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  10. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment

46 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 (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

When Axelrod Gunnarson attacks:

  1. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  2. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Saw — sacrifices a creature

187 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 (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

When Axelrod Gunnarson attacks:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  2. Invisible Woman — triggers
  3. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  4. Guide of Souls — triggers
  5. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  6. Gossip's Talent — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

  1. Tide of War — When Axelrod Gunnarson blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature

27 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 (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

When Axelrod Gunnarson enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Gimli of the Glittering Caves — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  4. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent
  5. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  6. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  7. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Axelrod Gunnarson is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Axelrod Gunnarson enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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