Balduvian Dead

Balduvian Dead

Creature — Zombie

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Create a 3/1 black and red Graveborn creature token with haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

activated {2}{R}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard —

activated {2}{R}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard — makes a token

activated {2}{R}, Exile a creature card from your graveyard —

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, create a Graveborn creature token, put a Graveborn creature token onto the battlefield, a Graveborn creature token dies, sacrifice a Graveborn creature token.

Cares about: a Graveborn to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

  1. Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel — When a Graveborn leaves the battlefield thanks to Balduvian Dead, Nadier, Agent of the Duskenel puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a creature token dies — 67 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When a Graveborn dies thanks to Balduvian Dead:

  1. Grismold, the Dreadsower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Joel, Resolute Survivor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a token is sacrificed — 90 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When a Graveborn is sacrificed thanks to Balduvian Dead:

  1. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth — surveils
  3. The Sackville-Bagginses — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Burdened Aerialist — grants flying
  5. Shire Shirriff — exiles a creature an opponent controls

a creature token leaves the battlefield — 117 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When a Graveborn leaves the battlefield thanks to Balduvian Dead:

  1. Twilight Drover — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Zurgo Stormrender — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a token is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 122 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

  1. Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang — When a Graveborn dies thanks to Balduvian Dead, Tatsumasa, the Dragon's Fang exiles itself

a token leaves the battlefield — 182 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When a Graveborn leaves the battlefield thanks to Balduvian Dead:

  1. Boomer Scrapper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nadier's Nightblade — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

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

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Balduvian Dead deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

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

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Balduvian Dead attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

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

  1. Necroduality — When Balduvian Dead enters, Necroduality makes a token

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

  1. Cursecloth Wrappings — Cursecloth Wrappings gives Balduvian Dead 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 (Balduvian Dead is one).

When Balduvian Dead 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 nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

  1. The War Games — When Balduvian Dead is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When Balduvian Dead is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

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

When Balduvian Dead 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 creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When a Graveborn is sacrificed thanks to Balduvian Dead:

  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

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Balduvian Dead is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Balduvian Dead, it triggers

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Balduvian Dead is one).

When Balduvian Dead leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared

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

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Balduvian Dead makes fodder for Kethek, Crucible Goliath
  2. Industrial Advancement — Balduvian Dead makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  3. Divergent Transformations — Balduvian Dead makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  4. Transmogrify — Balduvian Dead makes fodder for Transmogrify

2,716 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Balduvian Dead attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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