Garruk, Apex Predator

Garruk, Apex Predator

Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk

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

How we read this card

Destroy another target planeswalker.

activated +1 —

Create a 3/3 black Beast creature token with deathtouch.

activated +1 — makes a token

Destroy target creature. You gain life equal to its toughness.

activated −3 —

activated −3 — gains you its toughness life

Target opponent gets an emblem with that ability

activated −8 — gets an emblem

Whenever a creature attacks you, it gets +5/+5 and gains trample until end of turn.

Causes: a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, create a Beast creature token, put a Beast creature token onto the battlefield, a creature dies, gain life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

Garruk, Apex Predator puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring back
  2. The Eldest Reborn — can bring back
  3. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — can bring back
  4. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — can bring back
  5. Breach the Multiverse — can bring back
  6. Command the Dreadhorde — can bring back
  7. Narset, Enlightened Exile — can bring back
  8. Fallaji Archaeologist — can bring back
  9. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — can bring back

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

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Garruk, Apex Predator an extra ability
  2. Way of the Wildspeaker — Way of the Wildspeaker gives Garruk, Apex Predator an extra ability

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

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

When Garruk, Apex Predator is cast:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  3. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  4. Defiler of Vigor — puts a counter on a creature
  5. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  6. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  7. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  8. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  9. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Builder's Talent — When Garruk, Apex Predator enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  3. Liliana the Faultless — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator:

  1. Totem Speaker — gains you 3 life
  2. Wirewood Savage — draws you 1 card
  3. Woodland Liege — draws you 1 card
  4. Aether Charge — deals 4 damage

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

When Garruk, Apex Predator 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.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Birthing Ritual — Garruk, Apex Predator makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

2,719 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

Garruk, Apex Predator puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — 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 (Garruk is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself

65 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 (Garruk is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Garruk, Apex Predator:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card

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