Starving Revenant

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.

  1. Lich — Lich fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  2. Stitcher's Graft — Stitcher's Graft fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  3. Worldslayer — Worldslayer fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  4. Liliana, Dreadhorde General — Liliana, Dreadhorde General fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  5. Lich's Tomb — Lich's Tomb fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  6. Behemoth of Vault 0 — Behemoth of Vault 0 fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  7. Mindlash Sliver — Mindlash Sliver fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  8. Mindwhip Sliver — Mindwhip Sliver fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  9. Liliana of the Veil — Liliana of the Veil fills your graveyard toward the 8 or more permanent cards Starving Revenant needs
  10. 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.

you surveil — 233 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).

When Starving Revenant surveils:

  1. Mirko, Obsessive Theorist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Prudent Fateseer // Peer Review — gives +1/+0
  3. Diviner of Victory // Unwind History — gets +1/+1
  4. Saheeli, Consul of Oversight — makes a token
  5. Copy Catchers — makes a token
  6. Proft, Consulting Detective — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Matoya, Archon Elder — draws you 1 card
  8. Denzilore Fatehold — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Whispering Snitch — deals 1 damage
  10. Blood Operative — makes you lose life

5 other cards care about 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).

  1. 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).

  1. 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).

  1. Baboon Spirit — When Starving Revenant enters, Baboon Spirit makes a token

a Spirit enters the battlefield — 863 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).

When Starving Revenant enters:

  1. Mausoleum Wanderer — gets +1/+1
  2. Drogskol Cavalry — gains you 2 life
  3. Vanguard of the Restless — returns itself from the graveyard
  4. Nebelgast Herald — taps a creature an opponent controls

a Spirit creature it boosts — 889 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Long-Forgotten Gohei — Long-Forgotten Gohei gives Starving Revenant bigger stats

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

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).

When Starving Revenant gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

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

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Far Fortune, End Boss raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Zahur, Glory's Past raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Mendicant Core, Guidelight raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Aether Syphon raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Vnwxt, Verbose Host raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Embalmed Ascendant raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Slick Imitator raises your speed
  8. Nesting Bot — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Nesting Bot raises your speed
  9. Howlsquad Heavy — When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to Starving Revenant, Howlsquad Heavy raises your speed
  10. 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.

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Temmet, Naktamun's Will gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Niv-Mizzet, Parun deals 1 damage
  3. The Locust God — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, The Locust God makes a token
  4. Diviner's Wand — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Diviner's Wand gets +1/+1
  5. Ominous Seas — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Ominous Seas puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  6. Dream Trawler — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Dream Trawler gets +1/+0
  7. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Iron Man, Armored Avenger puts a counter on a creature
  8. The Astonishing Ant-Man — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, The Astonishing Ant-Man puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  9. Psychosis Crawler — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Psychosis Crawler makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Lyla, Holographic Assistant — When Starving Revenant makes a player draw a card, Lyla, Holographic Assistant puts a counter on a creature
  11. Tome of Legends — When Tome of Legends makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  12. Canoptek Spyder — When Canoptek Spyder makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  13. Contested Game Ball — When Contested Game Ball makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  14. Angelheart Vial — When Angelheart Vial makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  15. Symmetry Matrix — When Symmetry Matrix makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  16. Requiem Monolith — When Requiem Monolith makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  17. Elegy Acolyte — When Elegy Acolyte makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  18. Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel — When Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  19. Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor — When Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor makes a player draw a card, Starving Revenant makes each opponent lose 1 life
  20. 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).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Starving Revenant fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Starving Revenant puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. 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.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Starving Revenant is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Starving Revenant:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself
  3. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

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