Pyre Zombie

Pyre Zombie

Creature — Zombie

Mana cost: {1}{B}{R}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay {1}{B}{B}. If you do, return it to your hand.

triggered — brings a card back

It deals 2 damage to any target.

activated {1}{R}{R}, Sacrifice this creature —

activated {1}{R}{R}, Sacrifice this creature — deals 2 damage

Causes: anything leaves a graveyard, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

a Zombie creature in a graveyard — 21 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

When Pyre Zombie is in the graveyard:

  1. Tomb Tyrant — can bring it back
  2. Deadly Plot — can bring it back
  3. Gisa and Geralf — can bring it back
  4. Zombie Apocalypse — can bring it back
  5. Zul Ashur, Lich Lord — can bring it back
  6. Relentless Dead — can bring it back

a Zombie in a graveyard — 29 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

When Pyre Zombie is in the graveyard:

  1. Ghoulcaller's Chant — can bring it back
  2. Cruel Revival — can bring it back
  3. Diregraf Colossus — gets bigger
  4. Infernal Caretaker — can bring it back
  5. Aphetto Vulture — can bring it back
  6. Rot Hulk — can bring it back
  7. Lord of the Undead — can bring it back
  8. Ghoulraiser — can bring it back
  9. Unholy Grotto — can bring it back

a nontoken Zombie is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 29 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

When Pyre Zombie is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Headless Rider — makes a token
  2. The Ghoul, Gunslinger — puts 2 counters on a permanent

a Zombie is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 44 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

When Pyre Zombie is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Archghoul of Thraben — searches a library
  2. Undead Augur — draws you 1 card
  3. Plague Belcher — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Diregraf Captain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Vengeful Dead — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a Zombie deals combat damage — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Pyre Zombie deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

a Zombie attacks — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Pyre Zombie attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

a nontoken Zombie enters the battlefield — 661 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

  1. Necroduality — When Pyre Zombie enters, Necroduality makes a token

a Zombie it boosts — 669 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Cursecloth Wrappings — Cursecloth Wrappings gives Pyre Zombie bigger stats

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

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Pyre Zombie is one).

When Pyre Zombie enters:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

a Zombie creature it grants abilities to — 797 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Ghoulflesh — Ghoulflesh gives Pyre Zombie an extra ability

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

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

When Pyre Zombie 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 (Pyre Zombie is one).

When you sacrifice Pyre Zombie:

  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 (Pyre Zombie is one).

When you sacrifice Pyre Zombie:

  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 (Pyre Zombie is one).

When Pyre Zombie 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

19 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 (Pyre Zombie is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Pyre Zombie is in the graveyard, Chainer, Dementia Master can bring it back

808 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 (Pyre Zombie is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Pyre Zombie attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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