edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Szat's Will

Szat's Will

Instant

Mana cost: {4}{B}

How we read this card

Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead.

on-cast —

Each opponent sacrifices a creature they control with the greatest power.

on-cast — forced sacrifice

Exile all opponents' graveyards, then create X 0/1 black Thrull creature tokens, where X is the greatest power among creature cards exiled this way.

on-cast — hits a graveyard

on-cast — makes the greatest power among creature cards exiled this way tokens

Causes: you face a dilemma, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, create a Thrull creature token, put a Thrull creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

you face a dilemma — 739 cards in the game can cause this (Szat's Will is one).

When Szat's Will poses a dilemma:

  1. Seven of Nine — draws you 1 card
  2. Elim Garak, Simple Tailor — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Obsidian Order Operative — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (Szat's Will is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Szat's Will, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Szat's Will is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Szat's Will:

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — makes 2 tokens
  2. Malik, Grim Manipulator — makes a token
  3. Thraximundar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

23 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 (Szat's Will is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a permanent is exiled thanks to Szat's Will, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Szat's Will is one).

Szat's Will 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 (Szat's Will is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Szat's Will:

  1. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  2. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  3. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  4. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  5. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  6. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  7. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  8. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

60 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 (Szat's Will is one).

When a Thrull enters thanks to Szat's Will:

  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 (Szat's Will is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Szat's Will makes a Thrull 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 creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Szat's Will is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Szat's Will:

  1. Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity — brings a card back
  2. Avatar Destiny — mills a card
  3. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  4. Shadows of the Past — scries
  5. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  6. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  7. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  8. Missy — brings a card back
  9. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  10. Saffi Eriksdotter — sacrifices itself

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

an instant is cast — 3,931 cards in the game can cause this (Szat's Will is one).

When Szat's Will is cast:

  1. Electro, Assaulting Battery — adds 1 mana
  2. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  3. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — brings a card back
  4. Cyclops Superconductor — gets +1/+1
  5. Jeskai Sage — gets +1/+1
  6. Pink Horror — deals 2 damage
  7. Cryptic Pursuit — triggers

430 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 (Szat's Will is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Szat's Will puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

443 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 (Szat's Will is one).

When a Thrull enters thanks to Szat's Will:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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