Strax, Sontaran Nurse

Strax, Sontaran Nurse

Legendary Creature — Alien Cleric

Mana cost: {3}{R}{G}

How we read this card

Vigilance, trample
Grenades! — {2}, {T}, Sacrifice an artifact: Choose a player at random.

static —

When you do, Strax fights another target creature that player controls.

triggered —

Whenever Strax deals damage to a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Strax.

triggered — puts a counter on it

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice an artifact, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a creature deals noncombat damage, put a counter on anything.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an artifact is sacrificed — 451 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

  1. Heaped Harvest — When Heaped Harvest is sacrificed thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, it searches a library
  2. Magnetic Snuffler — When an artifact is sacrificed thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, Magnetic Snuffler puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Biotech Specialist — When an artifact is sacrificed thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, Biotech Specialist deals 2 damage
  4. Jaws, Relentless Predator — When an artifact is sacrificed thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, Jaws, Relentless Predator deals 1 damage
  5. Crime Novelist — When an artifact is sacrificed thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, Crime Novelist puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Vengeful Tracker — When an artifact is sacrificed thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, Vengeful Tracker deals 2 damage

an artifact in a graveyard — 758 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

Strax, Sontaran Nurse puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Trading Post — can bring back
  2. Goblin Engineer — can bring back
  3. Daretti, Rocketeer Engineer — can bring back
  4. Scrap Welder — can bring back
  5. Kami of Industry — can bring back
  6. Trash for Treasure — can bring back
  7. Daretti, Scrap Savant — can bring back
  8. Loamcrafter Faun — can bring back
  9. Pull Through the Weft — can bring back
  10. Conduit of Worlds — can bring back

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

a nontoken artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 758 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse:

  1. Pia's Revolution — deals 3 damage
  2. Farid, Enterprising Salvager — makes a token
  3. Slagstone Refinery — makes a token

an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 769 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

When an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse:

  1. Party Dude — draws you 1 card
  2. Krenko, Baron of Tin Street — makes a token
  3. Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Kibo, Uktabi Prince — puts a counter on an Ape or Monkey
  5. Ich-Tekik, Salvage Splicer — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Gremlin Infestation — makes a token
  7. Summoning Station — untaps itself
  8. Pain Distributor — deals 1 damage
  9. Fangren Marauder — gains you 5 life
  10. Sardian Avenger — deals 1 damage

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

a creature gets a counter — 1,130 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

When Strax, Sontaran Nurse gets a counter:

  1. Earth Kingdom General — gains you that much life
  2. Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute — deals that much damage
  3. Generous Patron — draws you 1 card
  4. Knight of Wundagore — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate — puts a counter on a permanent
  6. Wildwood Scourge — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Stocking the Pantry — puts a supply counter on itself
  8. Terrasymbiosis — draws you that many cards

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

anything deals noncombat damage — 2,147 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

When Strax, Sontaran Nurse deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  5. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  6. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  7. Asgardian Inspiration — returns itself from the graveyard
  8. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  9. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

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

anything gets a counter — 1,830 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

  1. All Will Be One — When Strax, Sontaran Nurse gets a counter, All Will Be One deals that much damage

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

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 1,956 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

  1. Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho — When Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Strax, Sontaran Nurse, it exiles a creature

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,647 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

Strax, Sontaran Nurse:

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Nantuko Calmer — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Nantuko Calmer needs
  3. Gurzigost — puts cards into the graveyard that Gurzigost can bring back
  4. Endurance — puts cards into the graveyard that Endurance can bring back
  5. Anurid Scavenger — puts cards into the graveyard that Anurid Scavenger can bring back
  6. Pitchstone Wall — puts cards into the graveyard that Pitchstone Wall can bring back
  7. Barkform Harvester — puts cards into the graveyard that Barkform Harvester can bring back
  8. Cybernetic Specialist — puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  9. Reito Sentinel — puts cards into the graveyard that Reito Sentinel can bring back
  10. Stone-Tongue Basilisk — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Stone-Tongue Basilisk needs

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,276 cards in Strax's colors can cause this (Strax is one).

When Strax, Sontaran Nurse enters:

  1. Scurry Oak — puts a counter on itself
  2. Enduring Courage — gives +2/+0

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