Kethek, Crucible Goliath

Kethek, Crucible Goliath

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Beast

Mana cost: {2}{B}{R}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a nonlegendary creature card with lesser mana value, put it onto the battlefield, then put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

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What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, put a creature onto the battlefield.

Cares about: an end step, a creature to sacrifice, hits creature .

Works well with

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

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it exiles a Nightmare

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put:

  1. Brainstealer Dragon — onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Goblin Goliath — onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Flayer of the Hatebound — onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Angrath's Marauders — onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Fiendish Duo — onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Hamletback Goliath — onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Orochi Soul-Reaver — onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Necropolis Regent — onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Desert Were-Worm — onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Akki Battle Squad — onto the battlefield from your library

2,288 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a Phyrexian attacks — 495 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

  1. Vulpine Harvester — When Kethek, Crucible Goliath attacks, Vulpine Harvester brings a card back

a nontoken Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 496 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

  1. Darksteel Splicer — When Kethek, Crucible Goliath enters, Darksteel Splicer makes a token

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When Kethek, Crucible Goliath enters, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

a Beast creature is cast — 587 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

  1. Tawnos, the Toymaker — When Kethek, Crucible Goliath is cast, Tawnos, the Toymaker copies a spell

a Beast enters the battlefield — 632 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

When Kethek, Crucible Goliath enters:

  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 nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath:

  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 (Kethek is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath:

  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

19 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 (Kethek is one).

Kethek, Crucible Goliath puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — 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
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Kethek is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Kethek is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Kethek is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it exiles itself

18 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 (Kethek is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Kethek, Crucible Goliath fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 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 (Kethek is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Kethek, Crucible Goliath attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

219 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 (Kethek is one).

  1. Odunos River Trawler — When Odunos River Trawler enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it brings a card back
  2. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it mills a card
  3. Sludge Titan — When Sludge Titan enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it mills a card
  4. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it brings a card back
  5. Corpse Cur — When Corpse Cur enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it brings a card back
  6. Rayblade Trooper — When Rayblade Trooper enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it puts a counter on a creature
  7. Puppeteer Clique — When Puppeteer Clique enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it brings a card back
  8. Crypt Angel — When Crypt Angel enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it brings a card back
  9. Enslaved Horror — When Enslaved Horror enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it brings a card back
  10. Overseer of the Damned — When Overseer of the Damned enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it kills a creature an opponent controls

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Kethek is one).

  1. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters thanks to Kethek, Crucible Goliath, it becomes prepared

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