He's Dead, Jim

He's Dead, Jim

Instant

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {3}{B}

How we read this card

Destroy target creature. Surveil 1.

on-cast —

on-cast — surveils

Causes: a creature dies, surveil.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (He's Dead is one).

When He's Dead, Jim surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (He's Dead is one).

He's Dead, Jim puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  10. Krile Baldesion — 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 (He's Dead is one).

When a creature dies thanks to He's Dead, Jim:

  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. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

60 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 (He's Dead is one).

When a creature dies thanks to He's Dead, Jim:

  1. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  3. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  4. Missy — brings a card back
  5. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  6. Lim-Dûl the Necromancer — brings a card back
  7. Adarkar Valkyrie — brings a card back
  8. Undying Malice — brings a card back
  9. Feign Death — brings a card back
  10. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (He's Dead is one).

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to He's Dead, Jim, Lorcan, Warlock Collector brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to He's Dead, Jim, Robot Domination draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to He's Dead, Jim, Lazav, Dimir Mastermind copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to He's Dead, Jim, Profane Memento gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to He's Dead, Jim, Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — When a card hits the graveyard thanks to He's Dead, Jim, Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit triggers

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (He's Dead is one).

When He's Dead, Jim is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  3. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  4. Pink Horror — deals 2 damage
  5. Lunar Mystic — draws you 1 card
  6. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

431 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 (He's Dead is one).

  1. Decaying Soil — He's Dead, Jim fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Decaying Soil needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — He's Dead, Jim fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Treacherous Vampire — He's Dead, Jim fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  4. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — He's Dead, Jim puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  5. Glissa's Retriever — He's Dead, Jim puts cards into the graveyard that Glissa's Retriever can bring back
  6. Greenwarden of Murasa — He's Dead, Jim puts cards into the graveyard that Greenwarden of Murasa can bring back
  7. Reborn Hero — He's Dead, Jim fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Reborn Hero needs
  8. Treacherous Werewolf — He's Dead, Jim fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Werewolf needs

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