Dralnu, Lich Lord

Dralnu, Lich Lord

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

Mana cost: {3}{U}{B}

How we read this card

If damage would be dealt to Dralnu, sacrifice that many permanents instead.

static —

Target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost.

activated {T} — grants a keyword

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: a permanent to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it exiles a Synth you control

a nontoken permanent is sacrificed — 108 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord:

  1. Skittering Precursor — makes a token
  2. Evendo Brushrazer — exiles a card from your library

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

a permanent is sacrificed — 109 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord:

  1. Scavenger's Talent — mills a card
  2. Sandbender Scavengers — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Popular Egotist — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Blood Aspirant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Slaughter-Priest of Mogis — gets +2/+0
  6. Merchant of Venom — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Sorcerer's Broom — makes a token
  8. Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz — gains you 2 life
  9. Korvold, Fae-Cursed King — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a permanent in a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Cosmic Rebirth — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Cosmic Rebirth can bring back
  2. Starving Revenant — Dralnu, Lich Lord fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  3. Yuna's Decision — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Yuna's Decision can bring back
  4. Squirming Emergence — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard, and Squirming Emergence gets bigger
  5. Hologram Stalker — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Hologram Stalker can bring back
  6. Badlands Revival — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Badlands Revival can bring back
  7. Urborg Repossession — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Urborg Repossession can bring back
  8. Return of the Mole Man — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard, and Return of the Mole Man gets bigger
  9. Puca's Covenant — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Puca's Covenant can bring back
  10. Trystan's Command — Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Trystan's Command can bring back

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

a nontoken permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 173 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

When Dralnu, Lich Lord is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Jinxed Ring — deals 1 damage
  2. Liability — makes a player lose 1 life

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 174 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

When Dralnu, Lich Lord is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Kothophed, Soul Hoarder — draws you 1 card
  2. Last Laugh — deals 1 damage
  3. Aetherworks Marvel — adds 1 mana
  4. Patron of the Nezumi — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a nontoken permanent leaves the battlefield — 313 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Genku, Future Shaper — When Dralnu, Lich Lord leaves the battlefield, Genku, Future Shaper makes a token

a permanent leaves the battlefield — 315 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

When Dralnu, Lich Lord leaves the battlefield:

  1. Super Shredder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Nefarious Imp — scries

a Zombie deals combat damage — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Dralnu, Lich Lord deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

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

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Dralnu, Lich Lord attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

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

  1. Necroduality — When Dralnu, Lich Lord enters, Necroduality makes a token

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

When Dralnu, Lich Lord 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

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Dralnu, Lich Lord enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Dralnu, Lich Lord enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

anything is sacrificed — 3,450 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Enduring Innocence — When Enduring Innocence dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Enduring Courage — When Enduring Courage dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it returns itself from the graveyard
  3. Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader — When Optimus Prime, Hero // Optimus Prime, Autobot Leader dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Enduring Curiosity — When Enduring Curiosity dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it returns itself from the graveyard
  5. Long Feng, Grand Secretariat — When Dralnu, Lich Lord dies, Long Feng, Grand Secretariat puts a counter on a creature
  6. The Scarab God — When The Scarab God dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it returns itself from the graveyard
  7. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra dies thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it triggers
  8. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Dralnu, Lich Lord, it exiles a creature

6 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 (Dralnu is one).

Dralnu, Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — can bring back
  2. It That Betrays — can bring back
  3. Nazgûl Battle-Mace — can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — can bring back
  5. Transplant Theorist — can bring back

439 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 (Dralnu is one).

  1. Bloodbond March — When Dralnu, Lich Lord is cast, Bloodbond March brings a card back

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Dralnu is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — When Dralnu, Lich Lord enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token

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