Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.

triggered —

Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.

activated {4}{B} —

activated {4}{B} — blinks a permanent

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
For each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.

triggered —

Each opponent discards three cards, then mills three cards.

triggered —

triggered — mills a card

Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield .

triggered — brings a card back

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a nontoken creature, sacrifice a nontoken planeswalker, a nontoken creature dies, a nontoken planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, discard a card, mill a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, exile a Saga, a Saga leaves the battlefield, put a Saga onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 232 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Memory Vampire — can bring back
  2. Tinybones, the Pickpocket — can bring back
  3. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — can bring back
  4. The Eldest Reborn — can bring back
  5. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — can bring back
  6. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen — can bring back
  7. Breach the Multiverse — can bring back
  8. Command the Dreadhorde — can bring back
  9. Narset, Enlightened Exile — can bring back
  10. Fallaji Archaeologist — can bring back

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

a Phyrexian attacks — 495 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Vulpine Harvester — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures attacks, Vulpine Harvester brings a card back

a nontoken Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 496 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Darksteel Splicer — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures enters, Darksteel Splicer makes a token

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures enters, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

a card is milled — 772 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Lo and Li, Royal Advisors — When a permanent makes a player mill a card thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, Lo and Li, Royal Advisors puts a counter on an Advisor

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

When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures 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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

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

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures:

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

22 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 (Sheoldred is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Nath of the Gilt-Leaf — makes a token
  3. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  5. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  6. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

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

  1. Tombstone Stairwell — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard, and Tombstone Stairwell gets bigger
  2. Necromancy — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  4. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  5. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  6. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  7. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  8. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  9. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  10. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  11. Termination Facilitator — Termination Facilitator puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  12. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  13. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back

1,691 other cards care about 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 (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Dual Nature — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, Dual Nature exiles a creature

3 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 (Sheoldred is one).

When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — triggers
  3. Cool but Rude — draws and discards

152 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 (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures attacks, Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon puts counters on a permanent

220 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 (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures enters, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Wayspeaker Bodyguard — When Wayspeaker Bodyguard enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  3. Practiced Scrollsmith — When Practiced Scrollsmith enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  4. Astelli Reclaimer — When Astelli Reclaimer enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  5. Warden of the Eye — When Warden of the Eye enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  6. Monastery Messenger — When Monastery Messenger enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  7. All-Seeing Arbiter — When All-Seeing Arbiter enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it draws you 2 cards
  8. Loamcrafter Faun — When Loamcrafter Faun enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it triggers

451 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.

  1. Carth the Lion — When Carth the Lion enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it searches a library
  2. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — When Ivora, Insatiable Heir enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it makes a token
  3. Borborygmos and Fblthp — When Borborygmos and Fblthp enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it draws you 1 card
  4. Geth, Thane of Contracts — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures enters thanks to Geth, Thane of Contracts, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature or planeswalker
  5. Zoraline, Cosmos Caller — When Zoraline, Cosmos Caller enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it triggers
  6. Winter, Tormented Loner — When Winter, Tormented Loner enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it sacrifices a creature or planeswalker
  7. Toluz, Clever Conductor — When Toluz, Clever Conductor enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it draws and discards

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