Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

Xanathar, Guild Kingpin

Legendary Creature — Beholder

Mana cost: {4}{U}{B}

How we read this card

At the beginning of your upkeep, choose target opponent. Until end of turn, that player can't cast spells, you may look at the top card of their library any time, you may play the top card of their library, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast spells this way.

triggered — taxes the table

What we read on this card

Causes: nothing.

Cares about: an upkeep.

Works well with

hits creature — 881 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Jalira, Master Polymorphist can put Xanathar, Guild Kingpin onto the battlefield from your library
  2. Polymorph — Polymorph can put Xanathar, Guild Kingpin onto the battlefield from your library
  3. Proteus Staff — Proteus Staff can put Xanathar, Guild Kingpin onto the battlefield from your library
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Synthetic Destiny can put Xanathar, Guild Kingpin onto the battlefield from your library
  5. Mass Polymorph — Mass Polymorph can put Xanathar, Guild Kingpin onto the battlefield from your library

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

a creature attacks — 6,258 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  3. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  4. Screaming Swarm — mills a card
  5. Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
  6. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  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

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

anything attacks — 6,258 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin 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. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
  5. Dimir Strandcatcher — surveils
  6. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  7. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Krydle of Baldur's Gate — triggers
  10. Alora, Merry Thief — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 6,258 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin blocks:

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

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

a creature deals combat damage — 6,258 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 6,287 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin is cast:

  1. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Kozilek's Unsealing — makes 2 tokens
  4. The Clone Saga — copies a spell
  5. Customs Depot — draws you 1 card
  6. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  9. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  10. Aether Barrier — makes a player sacrifice a permanent

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 6,508 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin enters:

  1. Arni, Humble Scribe — untaps itself
  2. Minion Reflector — makes a token
  3. Overburden — triggers

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 6,953 cards in Xanathar's colors can cause this (Xanathar is one).

When Xanathar, Guild Kingpin enters:

  1. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  2. Pollywog Prodigy — puts a counter on itself
  3. Ayara, First of Locthwain — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Blasting Station — untaps itself
  5. Sage of the Falls — draws you 1 card
  6. Bloodline Pretender — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Sage's Row Denizen — mills a card
  8. Monkey Cage — sacrifices itself
  9. Tainted Aether — makes a player sacrifice a creature or land
  10. Lethal Vapors — kills it

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