Tom, Bert, and William

Tom, Bert, and William

Legendary Creature — Troll

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

How we read this card

Draw cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power, then discard a card.

activated {1}, Sacrifice another creature —

activated {1}, Sacrifice another creature — draws you cards

activated {1}, Sacrifice another creature —

When Tom, Bert, and William die, if they were a creature, return them to the battlefield. They're an artifact.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — turns something into a creature

What we read on this card

Causes: sacrifice a creature, a creature dies, draw a card, discard a card, put anything onto the battlefield, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: a creature to sacrifice.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to Tom, Bert, and William, it exiles a Nightmare

a nontoken creature is sacrificed — 900 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Tom, Bert, and William:

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — makes a token
  2. Bag of Devouring — exiles it

a creature is sacrificed — 902 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Tom, Bert, and William:

  1. Dina, Essence Brewer — draws you 1 card
  2. Smothering Abomination — draws you 1 card
  3. Plumb the Forbidden — copies a spell
  4. Zodiark, Umbral God — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Evin, Waterdeep Opportunist — makes a token
  6. Kingpin, Wilson Fisk — makes 2 tokens
  7. Mortician Beetle — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Grist, the Hunger Tide — kills a creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
  9. Cabal Therapist — triggers
  10. Prowling Geistcatcher — exiles it

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

a card is discarded — 779 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Containment Construct — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Containment Construct brings a card back
  2. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Moonstone, Harsh Mistress brings a card back
  3. Archfiend of Ifnir — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Archfiend of Ifnir puts a counter on a creature
  4. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance deals 1 damage
  5. Horror of the Broken Lands — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Horror of the Broken Lands gets +2/+1
  6. Cryptcaller Chariot — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Cryptcaller Chariot makes that many tokens
  7. Currency Converter — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Currency Converter exiles it
  8. Hostile Investigator — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Hostile Investigator triggers
  9. Edgar's Awakening — When Edgar's Awakening makes a player discard a card thanks to Tom, Bert, and William, it triggers
  10. Bag of Holding — When Tom, Bert, and William makes a player discard a card, Bag of Holding exiles it

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

anything leaves a graveyard — 1,360 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

When Tom, Bert, and William leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  4. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  5. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  6. Vash, Freelance Archaeologist — draws you 1 card
  7. Willow Geist — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  8. Fang, Fearless l'Cie — draws you 1 card
  9. Teval's Judgment — triggers

a creature in a graveyard — 1,547 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

Tom, Bert, and William puts cards into the:

  1. Liliana the Repentant — graveyard that Liliana the Repentant can bring back
  2. Paleoloth — graveyard that Paleoloth can bring back
  3. Sword of Light and Shadow — graveyard that Sword of Light and Shadow can bring back
  4. Necromantic Thirst — graveyard that Necromantic Thirst can bring back
  5. Ruthless Technomancer — graveyard that Ruthless Technomancer can bring back
  6. Forum Necroscribe — graveyard that Forum Necroscribe can bring back
  7. The Deck of Many Things — graveyard that The Deck of Many Things can bring back
  8. Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette — graveyard that Polluted Cistern // Dim Oubliette can bring back
  9. Sibsig Muckdraggers — graveyard that Sibsig Muckdraggers can bring back
  10. The Cauldron of Eternity — graveyard, and The Cauldron of Eternity gets bigger

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

a nontoken creature dies — 1,547 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

When you sacrifice another creature to Tom, Bert, and William:

  1. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  2. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  3. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  4. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  5. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  6. Gate to the Afterlife — gains you 1 life
  7. Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner — makes a token
  8. Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer — flickers itself
  9. Body Launderer — draws and discards
  10. Nightmare Shepherd — exiles it

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

a creature dies — 1,567 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Shriveling Rot — When you sacrifice another creature to Tom, Bert, and William, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  2. Quirion Beastcaller — When Quirion Beastcaller dies thanks to Tom, Bert, and William, it puts +1/+1 counters on itself
  3. Dinosaur Egg — When Dinosaur Egg dies thanks to Tom, Bert, and William, it triggers

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

a card in a graveyard — 3,505 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Repentant Vampire — Tom, Bert, and William fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs

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

a creature attacks — 6,618 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Chorale of the Void — When Tom, Bert, and William attacks, Chorale of the Void brings a card back

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

anything attacks — 6,618 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Grim Javelineer — When Tom, Bert, and William attacks, Grim Javelineer gives +1/+0

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

anything enters the battlefield — 10,697 cards in Tom's colors can cause this (Tom is one).

  1. Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest — When Borg Queen, Perfection Manifest enters thanks to Tom, Bert, and William, it brings a card back
  2. Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life — When Vastlands Scavenger // Bind to Life enters thanks to Tom, Bert, and William, it becomes prepared

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