The Dalek Emperor

The Dalek Emperor

Legendary Artifact Creature — Dalek

Mana cost: {5}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Affinity for Daleks
Other Daleks you control have haste.

static — grants haste

At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent faces a villainous choice — That player sacrifices a creature of their choice, or you create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace.

triggered —

triggered —

triggered — makes a token

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: you face a villainous choice, sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Dalek artifact token, create a Dalek creature token, put a Dalek artifact token onto the battlefield, put a Dalek creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: the beginning of combat, a Dalek it applies speed increase to.

Works well with

hits creature — 2,298 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Birthing Ritual — Birthing Ritual can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Industrial Advancement — Industrial Advancement can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Killer Instinct — Killer Instinct can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  6. Arthur, Marigold Knight — Arthur, Marigold Knight can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  7. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  8. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  9. Divergent Transformations — Divergent Transformations can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  10. Transmogrify — Transmogrify can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  11. Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast — Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library
  12. Identity Echo — Identity Echo can put The Dalek Emperor onto the battlefield from your library

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

an artifact attacks — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When The Dalek Emperor attacks:

  1. Alibou, Ancient Witness — deals X damage
  2. Bio-Asset Allocator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Assaultron Dominator — puts a counter on a permanent
  4. Aloy, Savior of Meridian — triggers

an artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When The Dalek Emperor deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Sharding Sphinx — makes a token
  3. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  4. Research Thief — draws you 1 card
  5. Thopter Spy Network — draws you 1 card
  6. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  7. Pia Nalaar, Chief Mechanic — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  8. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

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

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (The Dalek Emperor is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When The Dalek Emperor deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,714 cards in the game can cause this (The Dalek Emperor is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Dalek Emperor, 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 (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to The Dalek Emperor:

  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.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — The Dalek Emperor makes fodder for Kethek, Crucible Goliath

2,719 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Dalek Emperor is one).

The Dalek Emperor 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 (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Dalek Emperor:

  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. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  8. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

62 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 (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Dalek Emperor:

  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

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

an artifact enters the battlefield — 4,643 cards in the game can cause this (The Dalek Emperor is one).

  1. Golbez, Crystal Collector — When a Dalek enters thanks to The Dalek Emperor, Golbez, Crystal Collector surveils

73 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 (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When The Dalek Emperor attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

172 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 (The Dalek Emperor is one).

When The Dalek Emperor attacks:

  1. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back

240 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 (The Dalek Emperor is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Dalek enters thanks to The Dalek Emperor, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Paleoloth — When The Dalek Emperor enters, Paleoloth brings a card back

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