Koh, the Face Stealer

Koh, the Face Stealer

Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter Spirit

Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}

How we read this card

When Koh enters, exile up to one other target creature.

triggered —

Whenever another nontoken creature dies, you may exile it.

triggered —

Choose a creature card exiled with Koh.

activated Pay 1 life —

Koh has all activated and triggered abilities of the last chosen card.

static — grants a keyword

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, exile a nontoken creature, a nontoken creature leaves a graveyard, make a player lose life.

Cares about: a nontoken creature dies.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Koh, the Face Stealer onto the battlefield from your library

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

a nontoken Spirit deals combat damage — 725 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Koh, the Face Stealer deals combat damage, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Koh, the Face Stealer enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

When Koh, the Face Stealer enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a Spirit creature it boosts — 889 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Koh, the Face Stealer bigger stats

888 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer:

  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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer, it triggers

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

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer:

  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 nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Foot Chopper — When a creature dies thanks to Foot Chopper, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  2. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  3. Lethal Vapors — When a creature dies thanks to Lethal Vapors, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  4. Grave Peril — When a creature dies thanks to Grave Peril, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  5. Spreading Plague — When a creature dies thanks to Spreading Plague, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  6. Termination Facilitator — When a creature dies thanks to Termination Facilitator, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  7. Saw — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  8. Hot Soup — When a creature dies thanks to Hot Soup, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  9. Cracked Skull — When a creature dies thanks to Cracked Skull, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it
  10. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature dies thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Koh, the Face Stealer exiles it

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

When Koh, the Face Stealer makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Wax-Wane Witness — gets +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  8. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  9. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  10. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 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 (Koh is one).

  1. Funeral March — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Koh, the Face Stealer, Funeral March makes a player sacrifice a creature

30 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 (Koh is one).

When Koh, the Face Stealer attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Koh is one).

  1. Champions of the Perfect — When Koh, the Face Stealer is cast, Champions of the Perfect draws you 1 card

90 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 (Koh is one).

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — When Koh, the Face Stealer enters, Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom gains you 1 life

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