edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker

Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan

Mana cost: {3}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a legendary 4/4 red Dragon creature with flying, indestructible, and haste.

activated +1 — turns something into a creature

Sarkhan deals 4 damage to target creature.

activated −3 — deals 4 damage

You get an emblem with that ability and that ability

activated −6 — gets an emblem

At the beginning of your draw step, draw two additional cards
At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand.

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Sarkhan is one).

When Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Instinct — deals 1 damage
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

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

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Sarkhan is one).

When Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker enters:

  1. Builder's Talent — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Brainstealer Dragon — makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  3. Cloudstone Curio — triggers

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Sarkhan is one).

When Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  3. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Sarkhan is one).

When a creature is dealt damage thanks to Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker:

  1. Soul Link — gains you that much life
  2. Shriveling Rot — kills it
  3. Cryoshatter — kills a creature
  4. Hot Soup — kills a creature
  5. Cracked Skull — kills a creature
  6. Sporogenic Infection — kills a creature
  7. Frozen Solid — kills a creature
  8. Mortal Wound — kills a creature
  9. Mire Blight — kills it
  10. Death Pits of Rath — kills it

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