Professor Zei, Anthropologist

Professor Zei, Anthropologist

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor Ally

Mana cost: {U/R}{U/R}

How we read this card

Draw a card.

activated {T}, Discard a card —

activated {T}, Discard a card — draws you 1 card

Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your turn.

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Professor Zei —

activated {1}, {T}, Sacrifice Professor Zei — brings a card back

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: discard a card, draw a card, sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, 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

an Ally creature in a graveyard — 4 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

  1. March from the Tomb — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist is in the graveyard, March from the Tomb can bring it back

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

  1. Survivors' Bond — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist is in the graveyard, Survivors' Bond can bring it back
  2. Bruna, the Fading Light — Professor Zei, Anthropologist puts cards into the graveyard that Bruna, the Fading Light can bring back
  3. Angel of Glory's Rise — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist is in the graveyard, Angel of Glory's Rise can bring it back

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

When Professor Zei, Anthropologist is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

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

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

an Ally deals combat damage — 265 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

  1. Invasion Tactics — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist deals combat damage, Invasion Tactics draws you 1 card

an Ally enters the battlefield — 285 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

When Professor Zei, Anthropologist enters:

  1. Turntimber Ranger — makes a token
  2. Grovetender Druids — makes a token
  3. Halimar Excavator — mills a card
  4. Kalastria Healer — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. South Pole Voyager — gains you 1 life
  6. Ondu Cleric — gains you life
  7. Tuktuk Grunts — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Sokka and Suki — triggers
  9. Tuktuk Scrapper — kills an artifact an opponent controls
  10. Bala Ged Thief — triggers

35 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 (Professor Zei is one).

When you sacrifice Professor Zei, Anthropologist:

  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 (Professor Zei is one).

When you sacrifice Professor Zei, Anthropologist:

  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 (Professor Zei is one).

When Professor Zei, Anthropologist 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 (Professor Zei is one).

When an instant or sorcery leaves a graveyard thanks to Professor Zei, Anthropologist:

  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 (Professor Zei is one).

When Professor Zei, Anthropologist 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

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

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Professor Zei is one).

  1. Toothy, Imaginary Friend — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist makes a player draw a card, Toothy, Imaginary Friend puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

66 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 (Professor Zei is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Professor Zei, Anthropologist attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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