Fell Shepherd

Fell Shepherd

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Mana cost: {5}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may return to your hand all creature cards that were put into your graveyard from the battlefield this turn.

triggered — brings a card back

Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.

activated {B}, Sacrifice another creature —

activated {B}, Sacrifice another creature — shrinks a creature by -2/-2

Causes: a creature leaves a graveyard, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

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

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

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

When Fell Shepherd 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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Fell Shepherd:

  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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Fell Shepherd:

  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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

When Fell Shepherd 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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

Fell Shepherd puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

798 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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Fell Shepherd:

  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

66 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 (Fell Shepherd is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Fell Shepherd 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.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Fell Shepherd is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Fell Shepherd attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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