Transmogrant Altar

Transmogrant Altar

Artifact

Mana cost: {3}

How we read this card

Add {C}{C}{C}.

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {B}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature — adds 3 mana

Create a 3/3 colorless Zombie artifact creature token. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature —

activated {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature — makes a token

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Zombie artifact token, create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie artifact token onto the battlefield, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (Transmogrant Altar is one).

  1. Gollum, Patient Plotter — When Gollum, Patient Plotter leaves the battlefield thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it has the Ring tempt you
  2. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it exiles a Nightmare

a Zombie enters the battlefield — 795 cards in the game can cause this (Transmogrant Altar is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Transmogrant Altar:

  1. Noxious Ghoul — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  2. Geralf, the Fleshwright — puts counters on a permanent
  3. Wayward Servant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Champion of the Perished — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Mummy Paramount — gets +1/+1
  6. Unconventional Tactics — returns itself from the graveyard
  7. Binding Mummy — taps a creature or artifact

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

When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 1,741 cards in the game can cause this (Transmogrant Altar is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar:

  1. Ziatora, the Incinerator — deals that creature's power damage
  2. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  3. Fleshtaker — gains you 1 life
  4. Body Dropper — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  6. Kels, Fight Fixer — draws you 1 card
  7. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — triggers
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Rakdos, the Muscle — exiles a card from an opponent's library

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (Transmogrant Altar is one).

Transmogrant Altar puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — 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 (Transmogrant Altar is one).

When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  3. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  4. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  5. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  6. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  7. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  8. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  9. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  10. Body Launderer — draws and discards

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 (Transmogrant Altar is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Transmogrant Altar:

  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 (Transmogrant Altar is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Transmogrant Altar makes a Zombie 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 (Transmogrant Altar is one).

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — When Boss's Chauffeur dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it makes a token
  6. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it draws you 1 card
  7. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it triggers
  8. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it triggers
  9. Saffi Eriksdotter — When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  10. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it makes you lose life

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (Transmogrant Altar is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When you sacrifice a creature to Transmogrant Altar, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (Transmogrant Altar is one).

  1. Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization — When Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to Transmogrant Altar, it exiles itself

18 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 (Transmogrant Altar is one).

Transmogrant Altar fills your graveyard toward the:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

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