Fleshtaker

Fleshtaker

Creature — Human Assassin

Mana cost: {W}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever you sacrifice another creature, you gain 1 life and scry 1.

triggered — gains you 1 life

triggered — scries

This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

activated {1}, Sacrifice another creature —

activated {1}, Sacrifice another creature — gives +2/+2

Causes: gain life, scry, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies.

Cares about: a creature is sacrificed, a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

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

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

an Assassin deals combat damage — 212 cards in the game can cause this (Fleshtaker is one).

When Fleshtaker deals combat damage:

  1. Layla Hassan — brings a card back
  2. Ezio, Blade of Vengeance — draws you 1 card
  3. Etrata, Deadly Fugitive — triggers
  4. Jacob Frye — exiles a card from your graveyard

an Assassin attacks — 212 cards in the game can cause this (Fleshtaker is one).

When Fleshtaker attacks:

  1. The Revelations of Ezio — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Origin of the Hidden Ones — makes a token

an Assassin creature it grants types to — 219 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Reaper's Scythe — Reaper's Scythe gives Fleshtaker an extra creature type

218 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When Fleshtaker 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 (Fleshtaker is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker:

  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.

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Ziatora, the Incinerator deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Dina, Essence Brewer draws you 1 card
  3. Body Dropper — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Body Dropper puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Smothering Abomination — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Smothering Abomination draws you 1 card
  5. Kels, Fight Fixer — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Kels, Fight Fixer draws you 1 card
  6. Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes deals that creature's power damage
  7. Ayara, First of Locthwain — When you sacrifice another black creature to Ayara, First of Locthwain, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  8. Foot Chopper — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Foot Chopper, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  9. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  10. Tainted Aether — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tainted Aether, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  11. Saw — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Saw, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  12. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  13. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — When you sacrifice Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  14. Skittering Horror — When you sacrifice Skittering Horror, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  15. Skittering Skirge — When you sacrifice Skittering Skirge, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  16. Skittering Monstrosity — When you sacrifice Skittering Monstrosity, Fleshtaker gains you 1 life
  17. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Caesar, Legion's Emperor triggers
  18. Grist, the Hunger Tide — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Grist, the Hunger Tide kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  19. Cabal Therapist — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Cabal Therapist triggers
  20. Rakdos, the Muscle — When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker, Rakdos, the Muscle exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Fleshtaker is one).

When Fleshtaker gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 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 (Fleshtaker is one).

Fleshtaker 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

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 (Fleshtaker is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Fleshtaker:

  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

62 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 (Fleshtaker is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Fleshtaker 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 (Fleshtaker is one).

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

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