Volunteer Reserves

Volunteer Reserves

Creature — Human Soldier

Mana cost: {1}{W}

How we read this card

Banding
Cumulative upkeep {1}

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a nontoken Soldier is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 38 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Siege Veteran — When Volunteer Reserves is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Siege Veteran makes a token

a Human creature in a graveyard — 142 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves is in the graveyard:

  1. Survivors' Bond — can bring it back
  2. Angel of Glory's Rise — can bring it back

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

a Human creature dies — 143 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves is put into a graveyard from the battlefield:

  1. Xathrid Necromancer — makes a token
  2. Village Cannibals — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a nontoken Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 150 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Volunteer Reserves is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter makes you lose life

a Human is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 151 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Volunteer Reserves is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Laid to Rest draws you 1 card

a Soldier creature enters the battlefield — 1,279 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Veteran's Armaments — When Volunteer Reserves enters, Veteran's Armaments triggers

a Soldier creature it grants abilities to — 1,283 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Rhox Pikemaster — Rhox Pikemaster gives Volunteer Reserves first strike

1,282 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When you sacrifice Volunteer Reserves:

  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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When you sacrifice Volunteer Reserves:

  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

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

a creature gets a counter — 2,691 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves gets a counter:

  1. Hollowmurk Siege — draws you 1 card
  2. Danny Pink — draws you 1 card
  3. Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order — draws you 1 card
  4. Rikku, Resourceful Guardian — triggers

39 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves is in the graveyard:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring it back
  2. Havengul Lich — can bring it back
  3. Liliana the Repentant — can bring it back
  4. Paleoloth — can bring it back
  5. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring it back
  6. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring it back
  7. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring it back
  8. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring it back
  9. Necromantic Thirst — can bring it back
  10. Krile Baldesion — can bring it 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves dies:

  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 dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves dies:

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness

459 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Volunteer Reserves leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

34 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Volunteer Reserves fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs

443 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves attacks:

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — makes a token
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature

149 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Volunteer Reserves attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

221 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 (Volunteer Reserves is one).

When Volunteer Reserves enters:

  1. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  2. Fathom Mage — puts a counter on itself
  3. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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