Salvager of Ruin

Salvager of Ruin

Artifact Creature — Construct

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

Choose target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand.

activated Sacrifice this creature —

activated Sacrifice this creature — brings a card back

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, a permanent leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a permanent in a graveyard.

Works well with

a nontoken artifact is sacrificed — 740 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

  1. Bag of Devouring — When you sacrifice Salvager of Ruin, Bag of Devouring exiles it

an artifact is sacrificed — 761 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When you sacrifice Salvager of Ruin:

  1. Megatron, Tyrant // Megatron, Destructive Force — deals the sacrificed artifact's mana value damage
  2. Moonstone Eulogist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Magnetic Snuffler — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Gleaming Geardrake — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Esoteric Duplicator — makes a token
  6. Biotech Specialist — deals 2 damage
  7. Crime Novelist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Ravenous Squirrel — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Lightless Evangel — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — exiles a creature or artifact an opponent controls

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

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin is in the graveyard:

  1. Loran, Disciple of History — can bring it back
  2. Trading Post — can bring it back
  3. Tasigur, the Golden Fang — can bring it back
  4. Emeria Shepherd — can bring it back
  5. Goblin Engineer — can bring it back
  6. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring it back
  7. Scrap Welder — can bring it back
  8. Kami of Industry — can bring it back
  9. Moment of Reckoning — can bring it back
  10. Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen — can bring it back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin:

  1. Pia's Revolution — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Pia's Revolution deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Farid, Enterprising Salvager makes a token
  3. Psychomancer — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Psychomancer makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Sly Requisitioner — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Sly Requisitioner makes a token
  5. Slagstone Refinery — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Slagstone Refinery makes a token
  6. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer triggers
  7. The Master, Gallifrey's End — dies, The Master, Gallifrey's End exiles it

an artifact attacks — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin attacks:

  1. Alibou, Ancient Witness — deals X damage
  2. Bio-Asset Allocator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Assaultron Dominator — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Aloy, Savior of Meridian — triggers

an artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Sharding Sphinx — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Research Thief — draws you 1 card
  5. Thopter Spy Network — draws you 1 card
  6. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  7. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

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

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When Salvager of Ruin deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 1,250 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,254 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Tezzeret's Touch — brings a card back
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Shard of the Void Dragon — puts 2 +1/+1 counters on itself
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  8. Marionette Master — makes each opponent lose life equal to this creature's power
  9. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  10. Disciple of the Vault — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

an artifact leaves the battlefield — 1,680 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

  1. Sludge Strider — When Salvager of Ruin leaves the battlefield, Sludge Strider makes a player lose 1 life

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

When Salvager of Ruin is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Deadbridge Chant — can bring it back
  3. Retrieve — can bring it back

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Salvager of Ruin is one).

  1. Salvaging Station — When Salvager of Ruin dies, Salvaging Station untaps itself

470 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 (Salvager of Ruin is one).

  1. Serpent of the Pass — Salvager of Ruin fills your graveyard toward the 3 or more cards Serpent of the Pass 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 (Salvager of Ruin is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Salvager of Ruin attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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