Gathering of Darkness

Gathering of Darkness

Sorcery

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.

on-cast — brings a card back

Amass Goblins 3.

on-cast — puts 3 counters on it

Causes: a creature leaves a graveyard, create an Army creature token, create a Goblin creature token, put an Army creature token onto the battlefield, put a Goblin creature token onto the battlefield, put a counter on an Army creature token, put a counter on a Goblin creature token.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Goblin gets a counter — 49 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

  1. The Great Goblin — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, The Great Goblin deals 2 damage

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Goblin enters the battlefield — 622 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When a Goblin enters thanks to Gathering of Darkness:

  1. Quest for the Goblin Lord — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Goblin Assassin — makes a player sacrifice a creature

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Gathering of Darkness:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Gathering of Darkness:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

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

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

  1. Scurry Oak — When Scurry Oak gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, it makes a token
  2. Fathom Mage — When Fathom Mage gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, it draws you 1 card
  3. Hollowmurk Siege — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Hollowmurk Siege draws you 1 card
  4. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Ant-Man, Colony Commander makes a token
  5. Earth Kingdom General — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Earth Kingdom General gains you that much life
  6. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute deals that much damage
  7. Shalai and Hallar — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Shalai and Hallar deals that much damage
  8. Danny Pink — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Danny Pink draws you 1 card
  9. Enduring Scalelord — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Enduring Scalelord puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — When a Goblin or Army gets a counter thanks to Gathering of Darkness, Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order draws you 1 card

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

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When a Goblin or Army enters thanks to Gathering of Darkness:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Gathering of Darkness makes a Goblin or Army token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When a Goblin or Army enters thanks to Gathering of Darkness:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When Gathering of Darkness makes a Goblin or Army token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Gathering of Darkness is one).

When Gathering of Darkness is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +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. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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