Pillardrop Warden

Pillardrop Warden

Creature — Spirit Dwarf

Mana cost: {3}{R}

How we read this card

Reach
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, an instant leaves a graveyard, a sorcery leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: an instant in a graveyard, a sorcery in a graveyard.

Works well with

a nontoken Spirit is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Pillardrop Warden is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token

a Spirit in a graveyard — 54 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

When Pillardrop Warden is in the graveyard:

  1. Iname, Life Aspect — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Flight Alabaster — can bring it back

an instant leaves a graveyard — 202 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Murktide Regent — When an instant leaves a graveyard thanks to Pillardrop Warden, Murktide Regent puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a Dwarf deals combat damage — 221 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Thorin, Company's Leader — When Pillardrop Warden deals combat damage, Thorin, Company's Leader makes 2 tokens

a nontoken Dwarf enters the battlefield — 222 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Fíli the Pathfinder — When Pillardrop Warden enters, Fíli the Pathfinder makes a token

a Dwarf enters the battlefield — 229 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

When Pillardrop Warden enters:

  1. Thorin, King of Durin's Folk — makes a token
  2. Kíli the Resourceful — draws you 1 card
  3. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  4. Balin, Loremaster — draws and discards

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

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Pillardrop Warden enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

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

When Pillardrop Warden 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 Pillardrop Warden bigger stats

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

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

When you sacrifice Pillardrop Warden:

  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 (Pillardrop Warden is one).

When you sacrifice Pillardrop Warden:

  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.

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

When an instant or sorcery leaves a graveyard thanks to Pillardrop Warden:

  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 creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

When Pillardrop Warden is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it 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 (Pillardrop Warden is one).

When Pillardrop Warden dies:

  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

61 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 (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Pillardrop Warden leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Pillardrop Warden 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.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Pillardrop Warden attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

150 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 (Pillardrop Warden is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Pillardrop Warden attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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