Broodspinner

Broodspinner

Creature — Spider

Mana cost: {B}{G}

How we read this card

Reach
When this creature enters, surveil 2.

triggered — surveils

Create a number of 1/1 black and green Insect creature tokens with flying equal to the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

activated {4}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {4}{B}{G}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature — makes a token

Causes: surveil, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create an Insect creature token, put an Insect creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Spider enters the battlefield — 206 cards in the game can cause this (Broodspinner is one).

  1. Mary Jane Watson — When Broodspinner enters, Mary Jane Watson draws you 1 card

a Spider creature it grants types to — 207 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Spider-Suit — Spider-Suit gives Broodspinner an extra creature type

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

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Broodspinner is one).

When Broodspinner surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 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 (Broodspinner is one).

When you sacrifice Broodspinner:

  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 (Broodspinner is one).

When you sacrifice Broodspinner:

  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.

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

  1. Birthing Ritual — Broodspinner makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

2,719 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Broodspinner is one).

When Broodspinner is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Broodspinner is one).

When Broodspinner dies:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

60 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 (Broodspinner is one).

When an Insect enters thanks to Broodspinner:

  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 (Broodspinner is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Broodspinner makes an Insect 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 creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Broodspinner is one).

When Broodspinner dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

458 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 (Broodspinner is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Broodspinner fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

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 (Broodspinner is one).

When Broodspinner attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

155 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 (Broodspinner is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Broodspinner attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

232 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 (Broodspinner is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Broodspinner is cast, Quirion Beastcaller puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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 (Broodspinner is one).

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — When an Insect enters thanks to Broodspinner, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — When Broodspinner enters, Dinosaur Egg puts a counter on itself

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