Duergar Assailant

Duergar Assailant

Creature — Dwarf Soldier

Mana cost: {R/W}

How we read this card

It deals 1 damage to target attacking or blocking creature.

activated Sacrifice this creature —

activated Sacrifice this creature — deals 1 damage

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken Soldier is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 38 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Siege Veteran — When Duergar Assailant is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Siege Veteran makes a token

a Dwarf deals combat damage — 221 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Thorin, Company's Leader — When Duergar Assailant deals combat damage, Thorin, Company's Leader makes 2 tokens

a nontoken Dwarf enters the battlefield — 222 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Fíli the Pathfinder — When Duergar Assailant enters, Fíli the Pathfinder makes a token

a Dwarf enters the battlefield — 229 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

When Duergar Assailant enters:

  1. Thorin, King of Durin's Folk — makes a token
  2. Kíli the Resourceful — draws you 1 card
  3. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  4. Balin, Loremaster — draws and discards

a Soldier creature enters the battlefield — 1,279 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Veteran's Armaments — When Duergar Assailant enters, Veteran's Armaments triggers

a Soldier creature it grants abilities to — 1,283 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Rhox Pikemaster — Rhox Pikemaster gives Duergar Assailant first strike

1,282 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

When you sacrifice Duergar Assailant:

  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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

When you sacrifice Duergar Assailant:

  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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

When Duergar Assailant 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

When Duergar Assailant 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

When Duergar Assailant 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. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  6. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

455 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Duergar Assailant 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Charnelhoard Wurm — When Duergar Assailant is in the graveyard, Charnelhoard Wurm can bring it back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — Duergar Assailant fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  3. Repentant Vampire — Duergar Assailant fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  4. Treacherous Vampire — Duergar Assailant fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  5. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — When Duergar Assailant is in the graveyard, Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring it back

439 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

When Duergar Assailant 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

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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

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

220 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Quirion Beastcaller — When Duergar Assailant 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 is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Duergar Assailant is one).

  1. Soul Link — When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Duergar Assailant, Soul Link gains you that much life

26 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 (Duergar Assailant is one).

When Duergar Assailant enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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