Shamble Back

Shamble Back

Sorcery

Mana cost: {B}

How we read this card

Exile target creature card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. You gain 2 life.

on-cast — hits a graveyard

on-cast — makes a token

on-cast — gains you 2 life

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield, gain life.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

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

When a Zombie enters thanks to Shamble Back:

  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 is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Shamble Back:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

5 other cards care 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 (Shamble Back is one).

  1. Erebos's Titan — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Shamble Back, Erebos's Titan triggers

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

When Shamble Back gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 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 (Shamble Back is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Shamble Back, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature token enters the battlefield — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Shamble Back:

  1. Securitron Squadron — puts a counter on a permanent
  2. Anointer Priest — gains you 1 life
  3. Nesting Dovehawk — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a creature token is created — 2,799 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Shamble Back makes a Zombie token, Staff of the Storyteller puts a story counter on itself

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Shamble Back:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Kambal, Profiteering Mayor — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Lucy MacLean, Positively Armed — makes a token
  6. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  7. Cloakwood Swarmkeeper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Woodland Champion — puts that many +1/+1 counters on itself
  9. Leonardo, the Balance — puts a counter on a creature
  10. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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

a token is created — 3,711 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

When Shamble Back makes a Zombie token:

  1. Akim, the Soaring Wind — makes a token
  2. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  3. Rosie Cotton of South Lane — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a sorcery is cast — 3,720 cards in the game can cause this (Shamble Back is one).

When Shamble Back is cast:

  1. Spellweaver Volute — copies a spell
  2. Lilah, Undefeated Slickshot — gets +1/+1
  3. Niblis of Frost — gets +1/+1
  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

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