Malik, Grim Manipulator

Malik, Grim Manipulator

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue

Mana cost: {2}{R}{W}{B}

How we read this card

When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters, you and target opponent each secretly choose a creature that player controls. Then those choices are revealed, and that player sacrifices those creatures.

triggered — forced sacrifice

Whenever an opponent sacrifices a creature, you create a Treasure token.

triggered — makes a token

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, create a Treasure artifact token, put a Treasure artifact token onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature is sacrificed.

Works well with

a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 344 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

  1. Cloak and Dagger — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers

a Rogue enters the battlefield — 346 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

  1. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 1,240 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator, Fumulus, the Infestation makes a token

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

a creature is sacrificed — 1,261 cards in Malik's colors can cause this.

  1. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator, Caesar, Legion's Emperor makes 2 tokens
  2. Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator, Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Zodiark, Umbral God — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator, Zodiark, Umbral God puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator, Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist makes a token
  5. Mortician Beetle — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator, Mortician Beetle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Rankle and Torbran — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Rankle and Torbran, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  7. War Elemental — When you sacrifice War Elemental, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  8. Mogg Bombers — When you sacrifice Mogg Bombers, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  9. Tainted Aether — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Tainted Aether, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  10. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sporogenic Infection, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  11. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Gisa's Favorite Shovel, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  12. Breath of Fury — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Breath of Fury, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  13. Papalymo Totolymo — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Papalymo Totolymo, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  14. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token
  15. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian, Malik, Grim Manipulator makes a token

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

a creature in a graveyard — 2,095 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

Malik, Grim Manipulator puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — can bring back
  2. The Deck of Many Things — can bring back
  3. Afterlife from the Loam — can bring back
  4. Crypt Champion — can bring back
  5. Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal — can bring back
  6. Push // Pull — can bring back
  7. Virtus's Maneuver — can bring back
  8. Quest for the Necropolis — can bring back
  9. Sheoldred // The True Scriptures — can bring back
  10. Demon of Dark Schemes — can bring back

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

a nontoken creature dies — 2,095 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator:

  1. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  2. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  3. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard
  4. Ghoulish Procession — makes a token
  5. Ogre Slumlord — makes a token
  6. Minotaur, Roxxon CEO — makes a token
  7. Harvester of Souls — draws you 1 card
  8. Fire Nation Sentinels — puts a counter on a creature
  9. Magus of the Bridge — exiles itself
  10. Koh, the Face Stealer — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 2,141 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Malik, Grim Manipulator:

  1. Blood Spatter Analysis — mills a card
  2. Shadows of the Past — scries
  3. Shriveling Rot — makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  4. Meathook Massacre II — brings a card back
  5. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  6. Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — brings a card back
  7. Lim-Dûl the Necromancer — brings a card back
  8. Adarkar Valkyrie — brings a card back
  9. Undying Malice — brings a card back
  10. Feign Death — brings a card back

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

a card in a graveyard — 4,803 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

  1. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — Malik, Grim Manipulator puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

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

a creature attacks — 9,901 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

When Malik, Grim Manipulator attacks:

  1. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 9,901 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

When Malik, Grim Manipulator attacks:

  1. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — puts a counter on a creature
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Clavileño, First of the Blessed — turns something into a creature
  4. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 11,072 cards in Malik's colors can cause this (Malik is one).

When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — mills a card
  2. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — gains you 1 life
  3. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — gains you 1 life
  4. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — gains you 1 life
  5. Boss's Chauffeur — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

put anything onto the battlefield — 15,360 cards in Malik's colors can cause this.

When Malik, Grim Manipulator enters thanks to:

  1. Rescue from the Underworld — it triggers
  2. Come Back Wrong — it triggers
  3. Victimize — it triggers
  4. Seraph — it triggers
  5. Scrounge for Eternity — it triggers
  6. Grim Reaper's Scythe — it triggers
  7. Whisper, Blood Liturgist — it triggers
  8. Champion of Stray Souls — it triggers
  9. Sidisi, Regent of the Mire — it triggers
  10. Hell's Caretaker — it triggers

15,350 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.