Ronin, Shadow Stalker

Ronin, Shadow Stalker

Legendary Creature — Human Rogue Hero

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to cast Equipment spells or activate equip abilities. Activate only once each turn.

activated Pay 2 life —

activated Pay 2 life — adds 2 mana

Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

activated {T}, Sacrifice an Equipment attached to Ronin —

activated {T}, Sacrifice an Equipment attached to Ronin — shrinks a creature by -4/-4

What we read on this card

Causes: make a player lose life, sacrifice an Equipment, an Equipment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: an Equipment to sacrifice.

Works well with

an Equipment in a graveyard — 11 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

  1. Magnetic Snuffler — Ronin, Shadow Stalker puts cards into the graveyard that Magnetic Snuffler can bring back

a Hero enters the battlefield — 31 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

  1. Team Transmitter — When Ronin, Shadow Stalker enters, Team Transmitter gains you 1 life

a Rogue creature enters the battlefield — 200 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

  1. Cloak and Dagger — When Ronin, Shadow Stalker enters, Cloak and Dagger triggers

a Rogue enters the battlefield — 202 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

  1. Thieves' Guild Enforcer — When Ronin, Shadow Stalker enters, Thieves' Guild Enforcer mills a card

life is lost — 1,256 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

When Ronin, Shadow Stalker makes a player lose life:

  1. The Master of Lake-town — mills a card
  2. Intermediate Chirography — puts a counter on a creature
  3. Vilis, Broker of Blood — draws you that many cards
  4. Vengeful Warchief — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Moonstone Harbinger — gives +1/+0
  6. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  7. Lich's Mastery — triggers
  8. Lich's Tomb — sacrifices a permanent
  9. Gonti's Machinations — puts a counter on a permanent you control

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

anything is sacrificed — 1,292 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

  1. Gorbag of Minas Morgul — When you sacrifice an Equipment attached to Ronin to Ronin, Shadow Stalker, Gorbag of Minas Morgul triggers

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,852 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

  1. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Ronin, Shadow Stalker, it exiles a creature

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

Ronin, Shadow Stalker:

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  3. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  4. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  5. Repentant Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  6. Treacherous Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  7. Gloomdrifter — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Gloomdrifter needs
  8. Boneshard Slasher — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Boneshard Slasher needs
  9. Barkform Harvester — puts cards into the graveyard that Barkform Harvester can bring back
  10. Loot, the Anomaly — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Loot, the Anomaly needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Ronin's colors can cause this (Ronin is one).

When an Equipment hits the graveyard thanks to Ronin, Shadow Stalker:

  1. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  2. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

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

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

When Ronin, Shadow Stalker 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

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

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

When Ronin, Shadow Stalker 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

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

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

When Ronin, Shadow Stalker blocks:

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

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

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

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Ronin, Shadow Stalker deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

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

When Ronin, Shadow Stalker 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. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  6. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  8. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  9. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

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