Boneyard Lurker

Boneyard Lurker

Creature — Nightmare Beast

Mana cost: {2}{B}{G}

How we read this card

Mutate {2}{B/G}{B/G}
Whenever this creature mutates, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: a permanent leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Nightmare enters the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Boneyard Lurker is one).

  1. Umbris, Fear Manifest — When Boneyard Lurker enters, Umbris, Fear Manifest exiles a card from an opponent's library

put a permanent into a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Lich — Lich puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back
  2. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back
  3. Worldslayer — Worldslayer puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back
  4. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back
  5. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back
  6. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back
  7. Ygra, Eater of All — When Ygra, Eater of All is in the graveyard, Boneyard Lurker can bring it back
  8. Mindlash Sliver — When Mindlash Sliver is in the graveyard, Boneyard Lurker can bring it back
  9. Mindwhip Sliver — When Mindwhip Sliver is in the graveyard, Boneyard Lurker can bring it back
  10. Witherbloom Charm — Witherbloom Charm puts cards into the graveyard that Boneyard Lurker can bring back

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

a Beast creature is cast — 587 cards in the game can cause this (Boneyard Lurker is one).

  1. Tawnos, the Toymaker — When Boneyard Lurker is cast, Tawnos, the Toymaker copies a spell

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker enters:

  1. Totem Speaker — gains you 3 life
  2. Wirewood Savage — draws you 1 card
  3. Woodland Liege — draws you 1 card
  4. Aether Charge — deals 4 damage

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

When Boneyard Lurker 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. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 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 (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

112 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 (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Jolene, Plundering Pugilist — makes a token
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

180 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 (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  4. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  5. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  6. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  7. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  9. Dwindle — kills a creature
  10. Shield of the Righteous — triggers

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

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature deals combat damage — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  3. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Boneyard Lurker is one).

  1. Primeval Bounty — When Boneyard Lurker is cast, Primeval Bounty makes a token

90 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 (Boneyard Lurker is one).

When Boneyard Lurker enters:

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

302 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 (Boneyard Lurker is one).

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

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