Plague Reaver

Plague Reaver

Creature — Beast

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice each other creature you control.

triggered —

Choose target opponent. Return this creature to the battlefield under that player's control at the beginning of their next upkeep.

activated Discard two cards, Sacrifice this creature —

activated Discard two cards, Sacrifice this creature —

activated Discard two cards, Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, discard a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

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

Works well with

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

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

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

  1. Tawnos, the Toymaker — When Plague Reaver is cast, Tawnos, the Toymaker copies a spell

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

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

When Plague Reaver leaves a graveyard:

  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.

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

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plague Reaver:

  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 (Plague Reaver is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Plague Reaver:

  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 card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Plague Reaver is one).

When Plague Reaver makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

52 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 (Plague Reaver is one).

When Plague Reaver leaves a graveyard:

  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 (Plague Reaver is one).

When Plague Reaver is in the graveyard:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring it back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring it back

799 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 (Plague Reaver is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Plague Reaver attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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