Cemetery Desecrator

Cemetery Desecrator

Creature — Zombie

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

How we read this card

Menace
When this creature enters or dies, exile another card from a graveyard.

triggered — hits a graveyard

triggered — hits a graveyard

When you do, choose one —
Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

triggered —

Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the mana value of the exiled card.

triggered — shrinks a creature

Causes: exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, remove a counter from a permanent.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Cemetery Desecrator onto the battlefield from your library

8 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 (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Cemetery Desecrator deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

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

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Cemetery Desecrator attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

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

  1. Necroduality — When Cemetery Desecrator enters, Necroduality makes a token

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

When Cemetery Desecrator 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

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

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

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

When a permanent leaves a graveyard thanks to Cemetery Desecrator:

  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 (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

When Cemetery Desecrator 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

113 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 (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

When Cemetery Desecrator 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. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls

183 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 (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

When Cemetery Desecrator blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

25 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 (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

When Cemetery Desecrator 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

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 (Cemetery Desecrator is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Cemetery Desecrator 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.