Skyline Despot

Skyline Despot

Creature — Dragon

Mana cost: {5}{R}{R}

How we read this card

Flying
When this creature enters, you become the monarch.

triggered —

At the beginning of your upkeep, if you're the monarch, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

triggered — makes a token

Causes: become the monarch, create a Dragon creature token, put a Dragon creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Kethek, Crucible Goliath can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library
  13. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put Skyline Despot onto the battlefield from your library

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

you become the monarch — 57 cards in the game can cause this (Skyline Despot is one).

When Skyline Despot makes you the monarch:

  1. Custodi Lich — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  2. Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader — triggers

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

a Dragon attacks — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Skyline Despot is one).

When Skyline Despot attacks:

  1. Silumgar, the Drifting Death — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Utvara Hellkite — makes a token
  3. The Ur-Dragon — draws you that many cards
  4. Atarka, World Render — grants double strike
  5. Kolaghan, the Storm's Fury — gives +1/+0
  6. Invasion of Tarkir // Defiant Thundermaw — deals 2 damage
  7. Ojutai, Soul of Winter — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls
  8. Dromoka, the Eternal — puts a counter on a permanent

a Dragon deals combat damage — 474 cards in the game can cause this (Skyline Despot is one).

When Skyline Despot deals combat damage:

  1. Parapet Thrasher — triggers
  2. Broodcaller Scourge — puts a permanent onto the battlefield
  3. Zurgo and Ojutai — triggers

a nontoken Dragon enters the battlefield — 484 cards in the game can cause this (Skyline Despot is one).

When Skyline Despot enters:

  1. Lathliss, Dragon Queen — makes a token
  2. Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm — makes a token

a Dragon it applies enters with counters to — 488 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Dragonstorm Globe — Dragonstorm Globe gives Skyline Despot counters as it enters

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

a Dragon creature it boosts — 523 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Crucible of Fire — Crucible of Fire gives Skyline Despot bigger stats

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

a Dragon enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Skyline Despot is one).

When a Dragon enters thanks to Skyline Despot:

  1. Dragon Tempest — deals damage
  2. Bloomvine Regent // Claim Territory — gains you 3 life
  3. Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Ganax, Astral Hunter — makes a token
  5. Scourge of Valkas — deals damage
  6. Bladewing's Thrall — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Sarkhan, Soul Aflame — copies a permanent
  8. Teeming Dragonstorm — triggers
  9. Corroding Dragonstorm — triggers
  10. Roiling Dragonstorm — triggers

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

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

When a Dragon enters thanks to Skyline Despot:

  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 (Skyline Despot is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Skyline Despot makes a Dragon 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 (Skyline Despot is one).

When a Dragon enters thanks to Skyline Despot:

  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 (Skyline Despot is one).

When Skyline Despot makes a Dragon 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.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Skyline Despot is one).

When Skyline Despot attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature

129 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 (Skyline Despot is one).

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — When Skyline Despot attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library

203 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 (Skyline Despot is one).

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — When a Dragon enters thanks to Skyline Despot, Slash, Reptile Rampager deals 2 damage

341 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 (Skyline Despot is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When a Dragon enters thanks to Skyline Despot, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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