Champion of Stray Souls

Champion of Stray Souls

Creature — Skeleton Warrior

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

How we read this card

Return X target creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

activated {3}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice X other creatures —

activated {3}{B}{B}, {T}, Sacrifice X other creatures — brings a card back

Put this card from your graveyard on top of your library.

activated {5}{B}{B} — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Champion of Stray Souls, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Champion of Stray Souls, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

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

8 other cards care 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 (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

When Champion of Stray Souls 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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

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

a Warrior attacks — 1,319 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

  1. Najeela, the Blade-Blossom — When Champion of Stray Souls attacks, Najeela, the Blade-Blossom makes a token

a Warrior deals combat damage — 1,319 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

  1. Raiders' Spoils — When Champion of Stray Souls deals combat damage, Raiders' Spoils makes you lose life

a Warrior creature enters the battlefield — 1,401 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

  1. Obsidian Battle-Axe — When Champion of Stray Souls enters, Obsidian Battle-Axe triggers

a Warrior enters the battlefield — 1,403 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

When Champion of Stray Souls enters:

  1. Mardu Woe-Reaper — hits a graveyard
  2. Thrasher Brute — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Decorated Champion — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Champion of Stray Souls:

  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 (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Champion of Stray Souls:

  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

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

When Champion of Stray Souls 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.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Havengul Lich — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Havengul Lich can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Banon, the Returners' Leader can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Surgical Suite // Hospital Room can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — Champion of Stray Souls puts cards into the graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  8. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  9. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  10. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  11. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  12. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  13. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  14. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  15. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  16. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back
  17. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard that Champion of Stray Souls can bring back

1,354 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 (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Champion of Stray Souls attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 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 (Champion of Stray Souls is one).

  1. Malik, Grim Manipulator — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters thanks to Champion of Stray Souls, it triggers
  2. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace enters thanks to Champion of Stray Souls, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature

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