Starving Revenant
Creature — Spirit Horror
Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}
How we read this card
When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life.
triggered — surveils
triggered — draws you 1 card
triggered —
Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
triggered — makes each opponent lose 1 life
triggered — gains you 1 life
triggered — drains each opponent
Causes: surveil, draw a card, make a player lose life, gain life.
Cares about: a card is drawn, a permanent in a graveyard.
Works well with
put a permanent into a graveyard — 173 cards in the game can cause this.
- Lich — Lich fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Worldslayer — Worldslayer fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Mindlash Sliver — Mindlash Sliver fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Mindwhip Sliver — Mindwhip Sliver fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Liliana of the Veil — Liliana of the Veil fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
- Ugin's Construct — Ugin's Construct fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
163 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a Horror deals combat damage — 382 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).
- Captain N'ghathrod — When Starving Revenant deals combat damage, Captain N'ghathrod mills a card
a nontoken Spirit deals combat damage — 725 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).
- Millicent, Restless Revenant — When Starving Revenant deals combat damage, Millicent, Restless Revenant makes a token
a nontoken Spirit enters the battlefield — 727 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).
- Baboon Spirit — When Starving Revenant enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token
life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).
- Far Fortune, End Boss — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed
- Zahur, Glory's Past — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed
- Mendicant Core, Guidelight — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
- Aether Syphon — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Aether Syphon raises your speed
- Vnwxt, Verbose Host — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Vnwxt, Verbose Host raises your speed
- Embalmed Ascendant — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Embalmed Ascendant raises your speed
- Slick Imitator — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Slick Imitator raises your speed
- Nesting Bot — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Nesting Bot raises your speed
- Howlsquad Heavy — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Howlsquad Heavy raises your speed
- Oath of Lim-Dûl — When Starving Revenant makes a player lose life, Oath of Lim-Dûl sacrifices an enchantment
46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this.
- Temmet, Naktamun's Will — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Temmet, Naktamun's Will gives +1/+1
- Niv-Mizzet, Parun — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, Parun deals 1 damage
- The Locust God — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, The Locust God makes a token
- Diviner's Wand — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Diviner's Wand gets +1/+1
- Ominous Seas — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Ominous Seas puts a foreshadow counter on itself
- Dream Trawler — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Dream Trawler gets +1/+0
- Iron Man, Armored Avenger — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Iron Man, Armored Avenger puts a counter on a creature
- The Astonishing Ant-Man — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, The Astonishing Ant-Man puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
- Psychosis Crawler — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Psychosis Crawler makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Lyla, Holographic Assistant — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Lyla, Holographic Assistant puts a counter on a creature
- Tome of Legends — When Tome of Legends makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Canoptek Spyder — When Canoptek Spyder makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Contested Game Ball — When Contested Game Ball makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Angelheart Vial — When Angelheart Vial makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Symmetry Matrix — When Symmetry Matrix makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Requiem Monolith — When Requiem Monolith makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Elegy Acolyte — When Elegy Acolyte makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel — When Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor — When Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
- Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Hive Mind Coprocessor makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
584 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 (Starving Revenant is one).
- Samwise Gamgee — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
- Bloodbond March — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
- Thor, God of Thunder — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
- Harness the Storm — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
- Transplant Theorist — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
- Heart-Shaped Herb — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
- Wayward Angel — Starving Revenant fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
- Rescue from the Underworld — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
- Victimize — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.