Locutus, the One Who Speaks

Locutus, the One Who Speaks

Legendary Artifact Creature — Borg

Not yet released — 13 Nov 2026

Mana cost: {W}{B}

How we read this card

Artifact creatures you control get +1/+1.

static — gives +1/+1

It deals 2 damage to target creature. You gain 2 life.

activated {W}{B}, Discard this card —

activated {W}{B}, Discard this card — deals 2 damage

activated {W}{B}, Discard this card — gains you 2 life

What we read on this card

Causes: discard a card, a creature deals noncombat damage, gain life.

Cares about: a creature it boosts, an artifact it boosts.

Works well with

an artifact deals combat damage — 861 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks deals combat damage:

  1. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  2. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life
  3. Automated Assembly Line — triggers

an artifact attacks — 861 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

  1. Bio-Asset Allocator — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks attacks, Bio-Asset Allocator makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

a nontoken artifact deals combat damage — 861 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

  1. Virulent Silencer — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks deals combat damage, Virulent Silencer puts 2 counters on a permanent

an artifact goes to a graveyard — 558 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks hits the graveyard:

  1. Ultron the Annihilator — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Ultron's Auxiliary — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

a card is discarded — 779 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks makes a player discard a card:

  1. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  2. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  3. Archfiend of Ifnir — puts a counter on a creature
  4. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  5. Horror of the Broken Lands — gets +2/+1
  6. Cryptcaller Chariot — makes that many tokens
  7. Dying to Serve — makes a token
  8. Currency Converter — exiles it
  9. Hostile Investigator — triggers
  10. Bag of Holding — exiles it

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

life is gained — 1,347 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks gains life:

  1. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  3. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  5. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  6. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  7. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel — surveils
  9. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers
  10. Amalia Benavides Aguirre — kills a creature

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

a creature goes to a graveyard — 1,748 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks hits the graveyard:

  1. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 561 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

  1. Talon of Pain — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks deals noncombat damage, Talon of Pain puts a charge counter on itself

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

an artifact is cast — 2,728 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks is cast:

  1. Digsite Engineer — makes a token
  2. Myrsmith — makes a token
  3. Patchwork Automaton — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Golem Foundry — puts a charge counter on itself
  5. Painsmith — gives +2/+0
  6. Golem's Heart — gains you 1 life
  7. Urza's Chalice — gains you 1 life
  8. Solar Array — grants sunburst
  9. Traxos, Scourge Eternal — untaps itself
  10. Biotransference — makes you lose life

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

a nontoken artifact enters the battlefield — 2,781 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks enters:

  1. Ultron, Artificial Malevolence — makes a token
  2. The Prydwen, Steel Flagship — makes a token
  3. Conquest Mission — puts a quest counter on itself
  4. Surge Conductor — proliferates
  5. Mirrorworks — makes a token

an artifact enters the battlefield — 3,046 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

When Locutus, the One Who Speaks enters:

  1. Underhanded Designs — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Pactdoll Terror — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  3. Mandible Justiciar — gets +1/+1
  4. Arcbound Crusher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Arcbound Condor — shrinks a creature by -1/-1
  6. Glaze Fiend — gets +2/+2
  7. Battered Golem — untaps itself
  8. Skorpekh Destroyer — grants first strike
  9. Grinding Station — untaps itself
  10. Leonin Elder — gains you 1 life

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

a card in a graveyard — 3,405 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

  1. Vessel of Endless Rest — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks is in the graveyard, Vessel of Endless Rest can bring it back
  2. Heart-Shaped Herb — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks is in the graveyard, Heart-Shaped Herb can bring it back
  3. Wayward Angel — Locutus, the One Who Speaks fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  4. Rescue from the Underworld — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks is in the graveyard, Rescue from the Underworld can bring it back

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

a creature is dealt damage — 6,714 cards in Locutus's colors can cause this (Locutus is one).

  1. Soul Link — When Locutus, the One Who Speaks is dealt damage, Soul Link gains you that much life

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