Unscythe, Killer of Kings

Unscythe, Killer of Kings

Legendary Artifact — Equipment

Mana cost: {U}{B}{B}{R}

How we read this card

Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has first strike.

static — gives +3/+3

static — grants a keyword

Whenever a creature dealt damage by equipped creature this turn dies, you may exile that card. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

triggered — hits a graveyard

triggered — makes a token

Equip {2}

Causes: exile a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard, create a Zombie creature token, put a Zombie creature token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

a nontoken Equipment enters the battlefield — 649 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

  1. Firion, Wild Rose Warrior — When Unscythe, Killer of Kings enters, Firion, Wild Rose Warrior makes a token

an Equipment enters the battlefield — 658 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

When Unscythe, Killer of Kings enters:

  1. Puresteel Paladin — draws you 1 card
  2. Sokka and Suki — makes a token
  3. Barret, Avalanche Leader — makes a token
  4. The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster — draws you 1 card
  5. Giott, King of the Dwarves — draws and discards
  6. Hammer of Nazahn — triggers
  7. Sigarda's Aid — triggers

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

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

When a Zombie enters thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings:

  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 exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

  1. The War Games — When a creature is exiled thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

When a creature is exiled thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings:

  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 (Unscythe is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When a creature is exiled thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings:

  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.

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

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Kethek, Crucible Goliath — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Kethek, Crucible Goliath
  3. Polymorph — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Polymorph
  4. Industrial Advancement — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Industrial Advancement
  5. Proteus Staff — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  6. Synthetic Destiny — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  7. Divergent Transformations — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Divergent Transformations
  8. Mass Polymorph — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Mass Polymorph
  9. Transmogrify — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Transmogrify
  10. Chaos Mutation — Unscythe, Killer of Kings makes fodder for Chaos Mutation

2,710 other cards cause 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 (Unscythe is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings:

  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 (Unscythe is one).

  1. Staff of the Storyteller — When Unscythe, Killer of Kings 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.

an artifact is cast — 3,683 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

When Unscythe, Killer of Kings is cast:

  1. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — copies a spell
  2. Sai, Master Thopterist — makes a token
  3. Ravenous Robots — makes a token
  4. Pinnacle Emissary — makes a token
  5. Mirrodin Besieged — makes a token
  6. Poetic Ingenuity — makes a token
  7. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  8. Myrsmith — makes a token
  9. Riddlesmith — draws you 1 card
  10. Dr. Madison Li — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

a token enters the battlefield — 3,710 cards in the game can cause this (Unscythe is one).

When a Zombie enters thanks to Unscythe, Killer of Kings:

  1. Baron Bertram Graywater — makes a token
  2. Marneus Calgar — draws you 1 card
  3. Belladonna Took — gains you 1 life
  4. Spiritcall Enthusiast // Scrollboost — becomes prepared

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