Sandbender Scavengers

Sandbender Scavengers

Creature — Human Rogue

Mana cost: {W}{B}

How we read this card

Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

triggered — puts a counter on it

When this creature dies, you may exile it.

triggered —

When you do, return target creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.

triggered — brings a card back

Causes: put a counter on anything, exile a creature, a creature leaves the battlefield, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a permanent is sacrificed, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

sacrifice a permanent — 109 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice another permanent to Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Lich — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Lich, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Stitcher's Graft — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Stitcher's Graft, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Spirit-Sister's Call — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Spirit-Sister's Call, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Liliana, Dreadhorde General, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Lich's Tomb — When a permanent is sacrificed thanks to Lich's Tomb, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Mindlash Sliver — When you sacrifice Mindlash Sliver, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Mindwhip Sliver — When you sacrifice Mindwhip Sliver, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Necrotic Sliver — When you sacrifice Necrotic Sliver, Sandbender Scavengers puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a Human gets a counter — 326 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Cloaked Cadet — When Sandbender Scavengers gets a counter, Cloaked Cadet draws you 1 card

a Rogue attacks — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Soaring Thought-Thief — When Sandbender Scavengers attacks, Soaring Thought-Thief mills a card

a Rogue deals combat damage — 636 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Anowon, the Ruin Thief — When Sandbender Scavengers deals combat damage, Anowon, the Ruin Thief mills a card

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

a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 657 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Cloak and Dagger — When Sandbender Scavengers enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers

a Rogue enters the battlefield — 659 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Sandbender Scavengers enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. The War Games — When Sandbender Scavengers is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

When Sandbender Scavengers is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

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

When Sandbender Scavengers 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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

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

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Sandbender Scavengers is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

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

When Sandbender Scavengers 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 gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

When Sandbender Scavengers gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Ant-Man, Colony Commander — makes a token
  3. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  4. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  5. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  6. Shalai and Hallar — deals that much damage
  7. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  8. Enduring Scalelord — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Bold Plagiarist — puts counters on a permanent
  10. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card

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

put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  2. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  3. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  4. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  5. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  6. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  7. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  8. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  9. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back
  10. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard that Sandbender Scavengers can bring back

2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature leaves the battlefield — 4,133 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

When Sandbender Scavengers leaves the battlefield:

  1. Tokka & Rahzar, Unsupervised — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Splinter, the Mentor — makes a token
  3. Rat King, Pale Piper — makes a token
  4. Dual Nature — exiles a creature

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

When Sandbender Scavengers leaves the battlefield:

  1. Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom — gains you 1 life
  2. Extractor Demon — mills a card
  3. Aang, Airbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Dour Port-Mage — draws you 1 card
  5. Vela the Night-Clad — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Taeko, the Patient Avalanche — scries
  7. Funeral March — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  8. Sally Sparrow — triggers
  9. Aang, at the Crossroads // Aang, Destined Savior — triggers

22 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 (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Sandbender Scavengers attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

When Sandbender Scavengers is cast:

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — makes a token
  2. Champions of the Perfect — draws you 1 card

89 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 (Sandbender Scavengers is one).

  1. Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 — When Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11 enters thanks to Sandbender Scavengers, it makes a token
  2. Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival — When Zenos yae Galvus // Shinryu, Transcendent Rival enters thanks to Sandbender Scavengers, it shrinks a creature by -2/-2

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