T'Chaka, Venerable King

T'Chaka, Venerable King

Legendary Creature — Human Noble Hero

Mana cost: {G}{W}

How we read this card

When T'Chaka enters, mill three cards, then you may put an artifact or land card from among the milled cards into your hand.

triggered — mills a card

triggered — brings a card back

You become the monarch. Activate only if you control your commander.

activated {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard — hits a graveyard

activated {3}, Exile this card from your graveyard —

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: mill a card, an artifact leaves a graveyard, a land leaves a graveyard, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard, become the monarch.

Cares about: an artifact in a graveyard, a land in a graveyard.

Works well with

you become the monarch — 57 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

When T'Chaka, Venerable King makes you the monarch:

  1. Custodi Lich — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  2. Starscream, Power Hungry // Starscream, Seeker Leader — triggers

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

an artifact leaves a graveyard — 233 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

  1. Imotekh the Stormlord — When an artifact leaves a graveyard thanks to T'Chaka, Venerable King, Imotekh the Stormlord makes 2 tokens
  2. Dredger's Insight — When T'Chaka, Venerable King leaves a graveyard, Dredger's Insight gains you 1 life

a nontoken Hero enters the battlefield — 358 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

  1. Black Panther, Vanguard — When T'Chaka, Venerable King enters, Black Panther, Vanguard triggers

a Hero it boosts — 362 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Avengers Assemble! — Avengers Assemble! gives T'Chaka, Venerable King bigger stats

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

a Hero creature it grants types to — 371 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Spider-Suit — Spider-Suit gives T'Chaka, Venerable King an extra creature type

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

a Hero enters the battlefield — 375 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

When T'Chaka, Venerable King enters:

  1. Hawkeye, Trick Shot — deals damage
  2. Captain America, Team Leader — grants haste and vigilance
  3. Nighthawk, Dark Defender — gives +1/+1
  4. Team Transmitter — gains you 1 life

put a land into a graveyard — 634 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings — Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  2. Magus of the Balance — Magus of the Balance puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  3. Sandstone Deadfall — When Sandstone Deadfall is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  4. Boom Box — When Boom Box is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  5. Sawtusk Demolisher — Sawtusk Demolisher puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  6. Terastodon — Terastodon puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  7. Restore Balance — Restore Balance puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  8. Blast Zone — Blast Zone puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  9. HELIOS One — HELIOS One puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  10. Sequestered Stash — Sequestered Stash puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back

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

put an artifact into a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Monkey Cage — When Monkey Cage is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  2. Aura Shards — Aura Shards puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  3. Straw Golem — When Straw Golem is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  4. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — When ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  5. Silverback Elder — Silverback Elder puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  6. Throwing Knife — When Throwing Knife is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  7. Sword of Sinew and Steel — Sword of Sinew and Steel puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  8. Storm the Citadel — Storm the Citadel puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back
  9. The Fantasticar — When The Fantasticar is in the graveyard, T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring it back
  10. Trading Post — Trading Post puts cards into the graveyard that T'Chaka, Venerable King can bring back

1,216 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

When T'Chaka, Venerable King 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. Erebos's Titan — triggers

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 (T'Chaka is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When T'Chaka, Venerable King is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

When an artifact or land leaves a graveyard thanks to T'Chaka, Venerable King:

  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 Human enters the battlefield — 4,639 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

When T'Chaka, Venerable King enters:

  1. General Kudro of Drannith — hits a graveyard
  2. Heronblade Elite — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kyler, Sigardian Emissary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Thalia's Lieutenant — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Champion of the Parish — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Captain of the Mists — untaps itself
  7. Erkenbrand, Lord of Westfold — gives +1/+0
  8. Beregond of the Guard — gives +1/+1
  9. Théoden, King of Rohan — grants double strike
  10. Lossarnach Captain — taps a creature an opponent controls

2 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 (T'Chaka is one).

T'Chaka, Venerable King:

  1. Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — 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 (T'Chaka is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to T'Chaka, Venerable King:

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

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

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

When T'Chaka, Venerable King attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature

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

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (T'Chaka is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When T'Chaka, Venerable King is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

90 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.

When T'Chaka, Venerable King:

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Mirrorpool — enters because Mirrorpool copies it, its ability triggers again
  3. Endless Sands — enters thanks to Endless Sands, it mills a card
  4. Northampton Farm — enters thanks to Northampton Farm, it mills a card
  5. Entish Restoration — enters thanks to Entish Restoration, it mills a card

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