Lord Skitter's Butcher

Lord Skitter's Butcher

Creature — Rat Peasant

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

When this creature enters, choose one —

triggered —

Create a 1/1 black Rat creature token with "This token can't block."

triggered — makes a token

You may sacrifice another creature. If you do, scry 2, then draw a card.

triggered —

triggered — scries

triggered — draws you 1 card

Creatures you control gain menace until end of turn.

triggered — grants a keyword

Causes: you face a dilemma, create a Rat creature token, put a Rat creature token onto the battlefield, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, scry, draw a card.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Toothy, Imaginary Friend leaves the battlefield thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher, it draws you cards
  2. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher, it exiles a Synth you control
  3. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher, it has the Ring tempt you
  4. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher, it exiles a Nightmare

a Rat attacks — 162 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Persistent Marshstalker — When Lord Skitter's Butcher attacks, Persistent Marshstalker returns itself from the graveyard

a Rat enters the battlefield — 186 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When a Rat enters thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher:

  1. Wick, the Whorled Mind — makes a token
  2. Lord Skitter, Sewer King — hits a graveyard

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

you scry — 420 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When Lord Skitter's Butcher scries:

  1. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  2. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  3. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  4. Celeborn the Wise — makes your creatures bigger
  5. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  7. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Elminster — costs less
  9. Elrond, Master of Healing — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Galadriel of Lothlórien — puts a land onto the battlefield

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

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When Lord Skitter's Butcher poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher:

  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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher:

  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

20 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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

Lord Skitter's Butcher 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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher:

  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 token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

When a Rat enters thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Lord Skitter's Butcher makes a Rat token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher, 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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Lord Skitter's Butcher, it exiles itself

21 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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Lord Skitter's Butcher 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 (Lord Skitter's Butcher is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Lord Skitter's Butcher attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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