Ardyn, the Usurper

Ardyn, the Usurper

Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble

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

How we read this card

Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste.

static — grants a keyword

static — grants haste

At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — makes a token

What we read on this card

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

Cares about: the beginning of combat, a creature in a graveyard, a Demon it grants abilities to, a Demon it applies speed increase to.

Works well with

a Demon enters the battlefield — 170 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

  1. Blood Speaker — When a Demon enters thanks to Ardyn, the Usurper, Blood Speaker returns itself from the graveyard

a creature is exiled — 275 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — When a creature is exiled thanks to Ardyn, the Usurper, Ashnod's Intervention brings a card back

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

a creature leaves a graveyard — 645 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

  1. Erebos's Titan — When a creature leaves a graveyard thanks to Ardyn, the Usurper, Erebos's Titan triggers

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

a creature in a graveyard — 1,237 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

  1. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  2. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  3. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  4. Termination Facilitator — Termination Facilitator puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  5. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  6. Cracked Skull — Cracked Skull puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  7. Sporogenic Infection — Sporogenic Infection puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  8. Mire Blight — Mire Blight puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  9. Death Pits of Rath — Death Pits of Rath puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back
  10. Blood Funnel — Blood Funnel puts cards into the graveyard that Ardyn, the Usurper can bring back

1,227 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a token is created — 726 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

When Ardyn, the Usurper makes a Demon token:

  1. Idol of Oblivion — draws you 1 card
  2. Mirkwood Bats — makes each opponent lose 1 life

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

When Ardyn, the Usurper attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  4. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  5. Wand of Orcus — grants deathtouch
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

When Ardyn, the Usurper attacks:

  1. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  2. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  3. Fire Navy Trebuchet — makes a token
  4. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  5. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  6. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  7. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  8. Curse of Disturbance — makes a token
  9. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 3,478 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

When Ardyn, the Usurper blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  3. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature deals combat damage — 3,478 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Ardyn, the Usurper deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 3,493 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

When Ardyn, the Usurper is cast:

  1. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  5. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  6. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  9. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  10. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,680 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

  1. Minion Reflector — When Ardyn, the Usurper enters, Minion Reflector makes a token

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,967 cards in Ardyn's colors can cause this (Ardyn is one).

When a Demon enters thanks to Ardyn, the Usurper:

  1. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  3. Bloodline Pretender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Snarling Gorehound — surveils
  5. Soultether Golem — puts a time counter on itself
  6. Poisonbelly Ogre — makes a player lose 1 life
  7. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself
  8. Tainted Aether — makes a player sacrifice a creature or land
  9. Lethal Vapors — kills it
  10. Spreading Plague — kills a creature

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