Relentless Dead

Relentless Dead

Creature — Zombie

Mana cost: {B}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
When this creature dies, you may pay {B}. If you do, return it to its owner's hand.

triggered — brings a card back

When this creature dies, you may pay {X}. If you do, return another target Zombie creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield.

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: a creature leaves a graveyard, put a Zombie creature onto the battlefield, a Zombie creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a Zombie creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

put a Zombie creature into a graveyard — 21 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Apprentice Necromancer — When Apprentice Necromancer is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  2. Silversmote Ghoul — When Silversmote Ghoul is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  3. Wall of Limbs — When Wall of Limbs is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  4. Nim Replica — When Nim Replica is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  5. Gangrenous Zombies — When Gangrenous Zombies is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  6. Plague Dogs — When Plague Dogs is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  7. Haunted Cadaver — When Haunted Cadaver is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  8. Liliana's Steward — When Liliana's Steward is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  9. Priest of the Haunted Edge — When Priest of the Haunted Edge is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back
  10. Barrow Ghoul — When Barrow Ghoul is in the graveyard, Relentless Dead can bring it back

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

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

  1. Undead Alchemist — When Relentless Dead deals combat damage, Undead Alchemist mills a card

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

  1. Varina, Lich Queen — When Relentless Dead attacks, Varina, Lich Queen draws you that many cards

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

  1. Necroduality — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, Necroduality makes a token

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

When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead:

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

When Relentless Dead 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.

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

When Relentless Dead 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.

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

When Relentless Dead attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

112 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 (Relentless Dead is one).

When Relentless Dead attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  7. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  8. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  9. Total War — kills a creature

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

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Relentless Dead is one).

When Relentless Dead blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  4. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Relentless Dead is one).

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, Slash, Reptile Rampager deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — When Relentless Dead enters, Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, The Neutrinos gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, Aetherstorm Roc puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, Raphael, Most Attitude exiles a card from your library

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

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Relentless Dead is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Zombie enters thanks to Relentless Dead, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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