edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor // Enchantment — Saga

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

How we read this card

Menace
When Sheoldred enters, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature or planeswalker of their choice.

triggered —

Exile Sheoldred, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery and only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.

activated {4}{B} —

activated {4}{B} — blinks a permanent

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
For each opponent, destroy up to one target creature or planeswalker that player controls.

triggered —

Each opponent discards three cards, then mills three cards.

triggered —

triggered — mills a card

Put all creature cards from all graveyards onto the battlefield under your control. Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield .

triggered — brings a card back

triggered —

triggered — blinks a permanent

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a nontoken creature, sacrifice a nontoken planeswalker, a nontoken creature dies, a nontoken planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, exile a card, anything leaves the battlefield, put anything onto the battlefield, a creature dies, a planeswalker is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, discard a card, mill a card, put a creature onto the battlefield, a creature leaves a graveyard, exile a Saga, a Saga leaves the battlefield, put a Saga onto the battlefield.

Cares about: a creature in a graveyard.

Works well with

a planeswalker in a graveyard — 106 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Tinybones, the Pickpocket — can bring back
  2. The Eldest Reborn — can bring back
  3. Yawgmoth's Vile Offering — can bring back
  4. Breach the Multiverse — can bring back
  5. Command the Dreadhorde — can bring back

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

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

When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures 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
  9. Erebos's Titan — triggers

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 698 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, 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 — 699 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

When a creature is sacrificed thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures:

  1. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  3. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

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

a card is discarded — 641 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

When a permanent makes a player discard a card thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures:

  1. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  2. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  4. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  5. Fell Specter — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  6. Entropic Battlecruiser — makes a player lose 3 life
  7. Abyssal Nocturnus — gets +2/+2
  8. Raiders' Wake — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  9. Geth's Grimoire — draws you 1 card
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

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

When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures 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

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

  1. Tombstone Stairwell — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard, and Tombstone Stairwell gets bigger
  2. Necromancy — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Necromancy can bring back
  3. Chainer, Dementia Master — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Dementia Master can bring back
  4. Chorale of the Void — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Chorale of the Void can bring back
  5. Whispersteel Dagger — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Whispersteel Dagger can bring back
  6. The Deck of Many Things — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  7. Nurgle's Conscription — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Nurgle's Conscription can bring back
  8. Afterlife from the Loam — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Afterlife from the Loam can bring back
  9. Virtus's Maneuver — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Virtus's Maneuver can bring back
  10. Quest for the Necropolis — Sheoldred // The True Scriptures puts cards into the graveyard that Quest for the Necropolis can bring back
  11. Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  12. Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  13. Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  14. Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  15. Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  16. Grave Peril — Grave Peril puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  17. Spreading Plague — Spreading Plague puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  18. Termination Facilitator — Termination Facilitator puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  19. Saw — Saw puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back
  20. Hot Soup — Hot Soup puts cards into the graveyard that Sheoldred // The True Scriptures can bring back

1,302 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 1,237 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

When a creature dies thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures:

  1. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  2. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token
  3. Shelob, Dread Weaver — hits a graveyard

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

a creature leaves the battlefield — 1,418 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this (Sheoldred is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures leaves the battlefield, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

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

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

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures enters, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Sibsig Muckdraggers — When Sibsig Muckdraggers enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  3. Technomancer — When Technomancer enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it mills a card
  4. Ceti Eel — When Ceti Eel enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it mills a card
  5. Doombot Harbinger — When Doombot Harbinger enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it mills a card
  6. Moriok Scavenger — When Moriok Scavenger enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  7. Dukhara Scavenger — When Dukhara Scavenger enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  8. Graveshifter — When Graveshifter enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it brings a card back
  9. Ruthless Technomancer — When Ruthless Technomancer enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it sacrifices a creature
  10. Cavalier of Night — When Cavalier of Night enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it sacrifices a creature

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

anything enters the battlefield — 6,402 cards in Sheoldred's colors can cause this.

  1. Moseo, Vein's New Dean — When Moseo, Vein's New Dean enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it makes a token
  2. Siegfried, Famed Swordsman — When Siegfried, Famed Swordsman enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it mills a card
  3. Geth, Thane of Contracts — When Sheoldred // The True Scriptures enters thanks to Geth, Thane of Contracts, it makes an opponent sacrifice a creature or planeswalker
  4. Winter, Tormented Loner — When Winter, Tormented Loner enters thanks to Sheoldred // The True Scriptures, it sacrifices a creature or planeswalker

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