Specter of Mortality

Specter of Mortality

Creature — Specter

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

How we read this card

Flying
When this creature enters, you may exile one or more creature cards from your graveyard.

triggered —

When you do, each other creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards exiled this way.

triggered — shrinks a creature

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, a creature dies.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Shaun, Father of Synths leaves the battlefield thanks to Specter of Mortality, it exiles a Synth you control
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Specter of Mortality, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. The War Games — When Specter of Mortality is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Specter of Mortality is one).

When Specter of Mortality is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

When Specter of Mortality 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. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0

3 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Specter of Mortality is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Specter of Mortality, it triggers

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

When Specter of Mortality 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

Specter of Mortality puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Specter of Mortality:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

60 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to Specter of Mortality, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to Specter of Mortality, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to Specter of Mortality, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to Specter of Mortality, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Specter of Mortality, it makes a token

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to Specter of Mortality, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Specter of Mortality, it exiles itself

18 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

Specter of Mortality:

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back
  2. Havi, the All-Father — fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

442 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 (Specter of Mortality is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Specter of Mortality attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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