Garruk, Savage Herald
Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk
Mana cost: {4}{G}{G}
How we read this card
Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put it on the bottom of your library.
activated +1 — searches a library
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.
activated −2 — deals its power damage
Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked."
activated −7 — grants a keyword
Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage.
Cares about: nothing.
Works well with
a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).
When Garruk, Savage Herald is cast:
- Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
- Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
- Defiler of Vigor — puts a counter on a creature
- Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
- Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
- Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
- Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
- Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
- Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
- 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).
When Garruk, Savage Herald enters:
- Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
- Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
- Cloudstone Curio — triggers
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature deals noncombat damage — 1,420 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).
When a creature deals noncombat damage thanks to Garruk, Savage Herald:
- Soul Link — gains you that much life
- Tandem Lookout — draws you 1 card
- Armadillo Cloak — gains you that much life
- Vampiric Link — gains you that much life
- Spirit Loop — gains you that much life
- Spirit Link — gains you that much life
- Guilty Conscience — deals that much damage
- Visions of Brutality — makes a player lose life equal to that much
- Arm with Aether — triggers
12 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).
When a creature deals noncombat damage thanks to Garruk, Savage Herald:
- Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
- Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
- Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
- Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
- Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
- Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
- Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
- Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
- Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library
37 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 (Garruk is one).
When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Garruk, Savage Herald:
- Kazarov, Sengir Pureblood — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Shriveling Rot — kills it
- Cryoshatter — kills a creature
- Hot Soup — kills a creature
- Cracked Skull — kills a creature
- Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
- Frozen Solid — kills a creature
- Mortal Wound — kills a creature
- Mire Blight — kills it
- Death Pits of Rath — kills it
17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.