Kraul Harpooner

Kraul Harpooner

Creature — Insect Warrior

Mana cost: {1}{G}

How we read this card

Reach
When this creature enters, choose up to one target creature you don't control with flying. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard, then you may have this creature fight that creature.

triggered — gives +X/+0, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard

triggered —

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

an Insect attacks — 323 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner attacks:

  1. Vrestin, Menoptra Leader — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a Warrior attacks — 1,319 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

  1. Najeela, the Blade-Blossom — When Kraul Harpooner attacks, Najeela, the Blade-Blossom makes a token

a Warrior deals combat damage — 1,319 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

  1. Raiders' Spoils — When Kraul Harpooner deals combat damage, Raiders' Spoils makes you lose life

a Warrior creature enters the battlefield — 1,401 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

  1. Obsidian Battle-Axe — When Kraul Harpooner enters, Obsidian Battle-Axe triggers

a Warrior enters the battlefield — 1,403 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner enters:

  1. Mardu Woe-Reaper — hits a graveyard
  2. Thrasher Brute — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Decorated Champion — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature deals noncombat damage — 1,420 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner deals noncombat damage:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Tandem Lookout — draws you 1 card
  3. Armadillo Cloak — gains you that much life
  4. Vampiric Link — gains you that much life
  5. Spirit Loop — gains you that much life
  6. Spirit Link — gains you that much life
  7. Guilty Conscience — deals that much damage
  8. Visions of Brutality — makes a player lose life equal to that much
  9. Arm with Aether — triggers

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

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Swarmborn Giant — When Swarmborn Giant is in the graveyard, Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  2. Nantuko Calmer — When Nantuko Calmer is in the graveyard, Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  3. Gurzigost — When Gurzigost is in the graveyard, Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  4. Endurance — When Endurance is in the graveyard, Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  5. Anurid Scavenger — When Anurid Scavenger is in the graveyard, Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  6. Stone-Tongue Basilisk — Stone-Tongue Basilisk puts cards into the graveyard, and Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  7. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual puts cards into the graveyard, and Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  8. Basalt Golem — Basalt Golem puts cards into the graveyard, and Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  9. Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress — Orochi Eggwatcher // Shidako, Broodmistress puts cards into the graveyard, and Kraul Harpooner gets bigger
  10. Spawning Pit — Spawning Pit puts cards into the graveyard, and Kraul Harpooner gets bigger

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  6. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  7. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 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 (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

112 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 (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner attacks:

  1. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  2. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Kraul Harpooner is one).

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — When Kraul Harpooner attacks, Mardu Ascendancy makes a token

2 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 (Kraul Harpooner is one).

When Kraul Harpooner enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

311 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 (Kraul Harpooner is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Kraul Harpooner enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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