Gastal Raider
Creature — Vampire Rogue
Mana cost: {2}{B}
How we read this card
Start your engines!
triggered — raises your speed
When this creature enters, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
triggered —
This creature gets +1/+1 and has menace.
static — gives +1/+1
static — grants a keyword
Causes: discard a card.
Cares about: life is lost.
Works well with
a Vampire attacks — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
When Gastal Raider attacks:
- Glass-Cast Heart — makes a token
- Sanctum Seeker — makes each opponent lose 1 life
a nontoken Vampire attacks — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle — When Gastal Raider attacks, Mavren Fein, Dusk Apostle makes a token
a Vampire creature is cast — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Bloodlord of Vaasgoth — When Gastal Raider is cast, Bloodlord of Vaasgoth grants bloodthirst
a Vampire deals combat damage — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
When Gastal Raider deals combat damage:
- Rakish Heir — puts a counter on a permanent
- Stensia Masquerade — puts a counter on a permanent
a Rogue attacks — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Soaring Thought-Thief — When Gastal Raider attacks, Soaring Thought-Thief mills a card
a Rogue deals combat damage — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Anowon, the Ruin Thief — When Gastal Raider deals combat damage, Anowon, the Ruin Thief mills a card
2 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Cloak and Dagger — When Gastal Raider enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers
a Rogue enters the battlefield — 659 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Gastal Raider enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card
make a player lose life — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this.
- Brainstealer Dragon — When Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Massacre Girl, Most Wanted — When Massacre Girl, Most Wanted makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Glaring Fleshraker — When Glaring Fleshraker makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Lux Artillery — When Lux Artillery makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Poisonbelly Ogre — When a player makes a player lose life thanks to Poisonbelly Ogre, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Gideon the Oathless — When Gideon the Oathless makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Blood Seeker — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Blood Seeker, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Tinybones Joins Up — When Tinybones Joins Up makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Trespasser's Curse — When Trespasser's Curse makes a player lose life, Gastal Raider raises your speed
- Jaws of Defeat — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Jaws of Defeat, Gastal Raider raises your speed
3,150 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Bloodbond March — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
- Heart-Shaped Herb — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
- Enlightened Confidant — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
- Grazing Kelpie — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Grazing Kelpie can bring back
- Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Gastal Raider would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
- Endurance — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Endurance can bring back
- Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
- Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — Gastal Raider puts cards into the graveyard that Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae can bring back
- Merfolk Windrobber — Gastal Raider fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Merfolk Windrobber needs
434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Tide of War — When Gastal Raider blocks, Tide of War sacrifices a creature
29 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Gastal Raider is one).
- Samwise Gamgee — When Gastal Raider enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token
32 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this.
- Slash, Reptile Rampager — When Gastal Raider enters, Slash, Reptile Rampager deals 2 damage
- Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — When Gastal Raider enters, Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior puts a counter on itself
- The Neutrinos — When Gastal Raider enters, The Neutrinos gets +1/+0
- Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — When Gastal Raider enters, Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry grants flying, haste and menace
- Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire, it makes an opponent discard a card
- The Cauldron of Eternity — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to The Cauldron of Eternity, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Havengul Laboratory // Havengul Mystery, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Grave Researcher // Reanimate — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Grave Researcher // Reanimate, it makes an opponent discard a card
- The War in Heaven — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to The War in Heaven, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Chainer, Dementia Master — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Chainer, Dementia Master, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Phyrexian Delver — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Phyrexian Delver, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Command the Dreadhorde — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Command the Dreadhorde, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Reanimate — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Reanimate, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Dawn of the Dead — When Gastal Raider enters thanks to Dawn of the Dead, it makes an opponent discard a card
- Aetherstorm Roc — When Gastal Raider enters, Aetherstorm Roc puts a counter on a permanent you control
- Raphael, Most Attitude — When Gastal Raider enters, Raphael, Most Attitude exiles a card from your library
361 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.