Sauron, the Necromancer

Sauron, the Necromancer

Legendary Creature — Avatar Horror

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

How we read this card

Menace
Whenever Sauron attacks, exile target creature card from your graveyard. Create a tapped and attacking token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Wraith with menace.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — makes a token

At the beginning of the next end step, exile that token unless Sauron is your Ring-bearer.

triggered —

What we read on this card

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

Cares about: an end step, a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

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

When Sauron, the Necromancer is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

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

When Sauron, the Necromancer leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  4. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  5. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  6. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  7. Rot Farm Mortipede — gets +1/+0
  8. Soul Enervation — makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 955 cards in Sauron's colors can cause this (Sauron is one).

When Sauron, the Necromancer leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  4. Fang, Fearless l'Cie — draws you 1 card
  5. Teval's Judgment — triggers

put a creature into a graveyard — 1,237 cards in Sauron's colors can cause this.

  1. Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian — Fandaniel, Telophoroi Ascian puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back
  2. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed — When Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed is in the graveyard, Sauron, the Necromancer can bring it back
  3. Dauthi Voidwalker — When Dauthi Voidwalker is in the graveyard, Sauron, the Necromancer can bring it back
  4. Gloomdrifter — Gloomdrifter puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back
  5. Boneshard Slasher — When Boneshard Slasher is in the graveyard, Sauron, the Necromancer can bring it back
  6. Nim Shambler — Nim Shambler puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back
  7. Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel — Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back
  8. Skyclave Shadowcat — Skyclave Shadowcat puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back
  9. Skirsdag Flayer — Skirsdag Flayer puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back
  10. Smothering Abomination — Smothering Abomination puts cards into the graveyard that Sauron, the Necromancer can bring back

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

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

When Sauron, the Necromancer makes a Wraith 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 Sauron's colors can cause this (Sauron is one).

When Sauron, the Necromancer 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

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

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

When Sauron, the Necromancer 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 Sauron's colors can cause this (Sauron is one).

When Sauron, the Necromancer 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 Sauron's colors can cause this (Sauron is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Sauron, the Necromancer 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 Sauron's colors can cause this (Sauron is one).

When Sauron, the Necromancer 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 Sauron's colors can cause this (Sauron is one).

  1. Minion Reflector — When Sauron, the Necromancer enters, Minion Reflector makes a token

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

When a Wraith enters thanks to Sauron, the Necromancer:

  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. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself
  6. Tainted Aether — makes a player sacrifice a creature or land
  7. Lethal Vapors — kills it
  8. Spreading Plague — kills a creature

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