Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad

Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

Mana cost: {2}{W}{B}

How we read this card

Create a 1/1 black Vampire creature token with lifelink.

activated +1 — makes a token

You get an emblem with "Creatures you control get +1/+0."

activated −2 — gets an emblem

Destroy up to three target creatures and/or other planeswalkers. Return each card put into a graveyard this way to the battlefield under your control.

activated −6 —

activated −6 — brings a card back

Causes: create a Vampire creature token, put a Vampire creature token onto the battlefield, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

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

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad puts cards into the graveyard that:

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

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

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Deathbringer — Way of the Deathbringer gives Sorin, Lord of Innistrad an extra ability
  2. Way of the Healer — Way of the Healer gives Sorin, Lord of Innistrad an extra ability
  3. Deification — Deification gives Sorin, Lord of Innistrad hexproof

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

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

When Sorin, Lord of Innistrad is cast:

  1. The Emperor of Palamecia // The Lord Master of Hell — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  3. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  4. Defiler of Faith — makes a token
  5. Defiler of Flesh — gives +1/+1
  6. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  7. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  8. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  9. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  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 (Sorin is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Builder's Talent — When Sorin, Lord of Innistrad enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  3. Liliana the Faultless — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a Vampire enters the battlefield — 500 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin is one).

When a Vampire enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad:

  1. Anje, Maid of Dishonor — makes a token
  2. Forerunner of the Legion — gives +1/+1
  3. Markov Enforcer — deals damage
  4. Evelyn, the Covetous — exiles a card from a library

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin is one).

When Sorin, Lord of Innistrad leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 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 (Sorin is one).

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Vivien on the Hunt — can bring back
  8. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  9. Dredger's Insight — can bring back
  10. Bramble Familiar // Fetch Quest — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

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

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Sorin is one).

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — When a creature dies thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity brings a card back

463 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 (Sorin is one).

  1. Carth the Lion — When Carth the Lion enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it searches a library
  2. Izoni, Thousand-Eyed — When Izoni, Thousand-Eyed enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it makes a token
  3. Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector — When Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it brings a card back
  4. Moseo, Vein's New Dean — When Moseo, Vein's New Dean enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it makes a token
  5. Zoraline, Cosmos Caller — When Zoraline, Cosmos Caller enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it triggers
  6. Winter, Tormented Loner — When Winter, Tormented Loner enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it sacrifices a creature or planeswalker
  7. Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda — When Killmonger, Scourge of Wakanda enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it sacrifices a creature
  8. Orcus, Prince of Undeath — When Orcus, Prince of Undeath enters thanks to Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, it triggers

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