Garruk, Veiled Butcher

Garruk, Veiled Butcher

Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.

static —

Up to one target creature gets -4/-1 until your next turn.

activated +2 — shrinks a creature by -4/-1

Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice. If you sacrificed a creature this way, create a 4/4 green Beast creature token with trample.

activated −2 —

activated −2 — makes a token

Each opponent discards two cards. For each opponent who didn't discard two nonland cards this way, you draw a card.

activated −3 —

activated −3 — draws you 1 card

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Beast creature token, put a Beast creature token onto the battlefield, discard a card, draw a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, it draws you cards
  2. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, it has the Ring tempt you
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, it exiles a Nightmare

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, Veiled Butcher an extra ability

311 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, Veiled Butcher is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  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, Veiled Butcher, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Garruk, Veiled Butcher enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Beast enters thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, 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, Veiled Butcher:

  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

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

4 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 (Garruk is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher:

  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 (Garruk is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher:

  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

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

Garruk, Veiled Butcher puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Edgar's Awakening — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — 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

803 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, Veiled Butcher:

  1. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Kaya's Ghostform — brings a card back

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Garruk is one).

  1. Toluz, Clever Conductor — When Toluz, Clever Conductor dies thanks to Garruk, Veiled Butcher, it triggers

20 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 (Garruk is one).

Garruk, Veiled Butcher puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — can bring back
  2. Pitchstone Wall — can bring back
  3. Containment Construct — can bring back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — can bring back

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