Barrow Ghoul

Barrow Ghoul

Creature — Zombie

Mana cost: {1}{B}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you exile the top creature card of your graveyard.

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triggered —

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

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

When Barrow Ghoul 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When Barrow Ghoul 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When Barrow Ghoul 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When Barrow Ghoul 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 Zombie deals combat damage — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Barrow Ghoul is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Barrow Ghoul deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

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

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Barrow Ghoul attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

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

  1. Necroduality — When Barrow Ghoul enters, Necroduality makes a token

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

  1. Cursecloth Wrappings — Cursecloth Wrappings gives Barrow Ghoul 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When Barrow Ghoul 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 Barrow Ghoul an extra ability

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

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Barrow Ghoul is one).

  1. The War Games — When Barrow Ghoul is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

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

When Barrow Ghoul 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When Barrow Ghoul 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When you sacrifice Barrow Ghoul:

  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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

When you sacrifice Barrow Ghoul:

  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. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  7. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls

22 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Barrow Ghoul is in the graveyard, Chainer, Dementia Master can bring it back

808 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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Barrow Ghoul is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

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 (Barrow Ghoul is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Barrow Ghoul attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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