Keeper of the Dead

Keeper of the Dead

Creature — Human Wizard

Mana cost: {B}{B}

How we read this card

Choose target opponent who has at least two fewer creature cards in their graveyard than you do as you activate this ability. Destroy target nonblack creature that player controls.

activated {B}, {T} —

Causes: a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Keeper of the Dead is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Keeper of the Dead enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Keeper of the Dead is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Keeper of the Dead enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

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

Keeper of the Dead puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — 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 (Keeper of the Dead is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Keeper of the Dead:

  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 (Keeper of the Dead is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Keeper of the Dead:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Keeper of the Dead is one).

When Keeper of the Dead attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

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

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Keeper of the Dead is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Keeper of the Dead attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 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 (Keeper of the Dead is one).

When Keeper of the Dead enters:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life

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