Denethor, Stone Seer

Denethor, Stone Seer

Legendary Creature — Human Noble

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

When Denethor enters, scry 2.

triggered — scries

Target player becomes the monarch. Denethor deals 3 damage to any target.

activated {3}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Denethor —

activated {3}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Denethor — deals 3 damage

activated {3}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice Denethor —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: scry, sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything deals noncombat damage, become the monarch.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you become the monarch — 57 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

When Denethor, Stone Seer makes you the monarch:

  1. Custodi Lich — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  2. Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader — triggers
  3. Garland, Royal Kidnapper — triggers

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

When Denethor, Stone Seer is in the graveyard:

  1. Survivors' Bond — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Glory's Rise — can bring it back

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

When Denethor, Stone Seer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Denethor, Stone Seer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Denethor, Stone Seer is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

When Denethor, Stone Seer scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

10 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 (Denethor is one).

When you sacrifice Denethor, Stone Seer:

  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 (Denethor is one).

When you sacrifice Denethor, Stone Seer:

  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.

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

When Denethor, Stone Seer 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 (Denethor is one).

When Denethor, Stone Seer 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 dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

When Denethor, Stone Seer 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

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Denethor is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Denethor, Stone Seer leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Denethor is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Denethor, Stone Seer fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father 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 (Denethor is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Denethor, Stone Seer attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

148 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 (Denethor is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Denethor, Stone Seer attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 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 (Denethor is one).

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — When Denethor, Stone Seer enters, Boss's Chauffeur puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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