Scythe Specter

Scythe Specter

Creature — Specter

Mana cost: {4}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, each opponent discards a card. Each player who discarded a card with the greatest mana value among cards discarded this way loses life equal to that mana value.

triggered —

triggered — makes each opponent lose life equal to that mana value

Causes: discard a card, make a player lose life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this (Scythe Specter is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Scythe Specter onto the battlefield from your library

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

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Scythe Specter is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Scythe Specter:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — puts a counter on an Advisor
  3. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  4. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  6. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  7. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  8. Spirit Cairn — makes a token
  9. Confessor — gains you 1 life
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Scythe Specter is one).

When Scythe Specter makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

46 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 (Scythe Specter is one).

  1. Bloodbond March — Scythe Specter puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  2. Heart-Shaped Herb — Scythe Specter puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  3. Enlightened Confidant — Scythe Specter puts cards into the graveyard that Enlightened Confidant can bring back
  4. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Scythe Specter puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  5. Grazing Kelpie — Scythe Specter puts cards into the graveyard that Grazing Kelpie can bring back
  6. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Scythe Specter would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  7. Endurance — Scythe Specter puts cards into the graveyard that Endurance can bring back
  8. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — Scythe Specter fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Thieves' Guild Enforcer needs
  9. Soaring Thought-Thief — Scythe Specter fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Soaring Thought-Thief needs
  10. Merfolk Windrobber — Scythe Specter fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Merfolk Windrobber needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Scythe Specter is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Scythe Specter:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Duskmantle Guildmage — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Vulturous Zombie — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  5. Compost — draws you 1 card
  6. Planar Void — hits a graveyard

5 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 (Scythe Specter is one).

When Scythe Specter attacks:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  2. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  3. Cool but Rude — draws and discards
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers

121 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 (Scythe Specter is one).

When Scythe Specter attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Saw — sacrifices a creature

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this (Scythe Specter is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — When Scythe Specter enters, Samwise Gamgee makes a token

32 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 (Scythe Specter is one).

When Scythe Specter enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  4. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control

349 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 (Scythe Specter is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Scythe Specter enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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