Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Horsemanship
Return target black card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.

activated Sacrifice Xiahou Dun —

activated Sacrifice Xiahou Dun — brings a card back

What a deck led by this card wants

Causes: sacrifice a permanent, a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

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

  1. Siege Veteran — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

  1. Jerren, Corrupted Bishop // Ormendahl, the Corrupter — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

  1. Laid to Rest — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

  1. Veteran's Armaments — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed enters, Veteran's Armaments triggers

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

When you sacrifice Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed:

  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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

When you sacrifice Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed:

  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.

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

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed leaves a graveyard:

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

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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.

  1. Havi, the All-Father — Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Snarling Gorehound — Snarling Gorehound puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  3. Grim Javelineer — Grim Javelineer puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  4. Orochi Soul-Reaver — Orochi Soul-Reaver puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  5. Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel — Swordsman, Sharp Scoundrel puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  6. Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor — Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  7. Clandestine Meddler — Clandestine Meddler puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  8. Dirty Wererat — Dirty Wererat puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  9. Cabal Initiate — Cabal Initiate puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  10. Putrid Imp — Putrid Imp puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  11. Tenured Oilcaster — Tenured Oilcaster puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back

605 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

  1. Shaun, Father of Synths — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed attacks, Shaun, Father of Synths makes a token

150 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed 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 (Xiahou Dun is one).

When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed enters:

  1. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Dinosaur Egg — puts a counter on itself

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