Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Legendary Creature — Insect

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

How we read this card

You may play lands and cast Insect spells from your graveyard.

static — brings a card back

static — brings a card back

Whenever another Insect you control dies, put it on the bottom of its owner's library, then mill two cards.

triggered — brings a card back

triggered — mills a card

Target Insect gets +1/+0 and gains deathtouch until end of turn.

activated {1}{B/G} — gives +1/+0

activated {1}{B/G} — grants a keyword

What we read on this card

Causes: play a land, a land leaves a graveyard, cast an Insect spell, an Insect spell leaves a graveyard, an Insect leaves a graveyard, mill a card.

Cares about: an Insect is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, a land in a graveyard, an Insect spell in a graveyard, a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

an Insect is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 17 cards in Zask's colors can cause this.

  1. Seedship Broodtender — When Seedship Broodtender is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  2. Haywire Mite — When Haywire Mite is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  3. Swarmyard Massacre — When an Insect is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Swarmyard Massacre, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  4. Giant Caterpillar — When Giant Caterpillar is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  5. Caustic Caterpillar — When Caustic Caterpillar is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  6. Stirge — When Stirge is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  7. Unyaro Bees — When Unyaro Bees is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  8. Marker Beetles — When Marker Beetles is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  9. Grave-Shell Scarab — When Grave-Shell Scarab is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back
  10. Brain Weevil — When Brain Weevil is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord brings a card back

7 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a land is played — 50 cards in Zask's colors can cause this (Zask is one).

When a land plays a land thanks to Zask, Skittering Swarmlord:

  1. Infernal Sovereign — draws you 1 card
  2. The Endstone — draws you 1 card
  3. Horn of Greed — makes a player draw 1 card
  4. Pangosaur — triggers
  5. City of Traitors — sacrifices itself

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

a spell is cast — 47 cards in Zask's colors can cause this (Zask is one).

When Zask, Skittering Swarmlord is cast:

  1. Glaring Fleshraker — makes a token
  2. Mishra's Self-Replicator — makes a token
  3. Diamond Mare — gains you 1 life
  4. Diamond Knight — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Rug of Smothering — makes a player lose life
  6. Traxos, Scourge of Kroog — untaps itself
  7. Shrine of Boundless Growth — puts a charge counter on itself
  8. Desecration Elemental — makes a player sacrifice a creature
  9. Noosegraf Mob — triggers
  10. Vexing Bauble — counters a spell

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

an Insect attacks — 238 cards in Zask's colors can cause this (Zask is one).

  1. Fumulus, the Infestation — When Zask, Skittering Swarmlord attacks, Fumulus, the Infestation makes each opponent lose 1 life

put a land into a graveyard — 278 cards in Zask's colors can cause this.

  1. Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
  2. Spiked Ripsaw — Spiked Ripsaw puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
  3. Excavating Anurid — Excavating Anurid puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
  4. Rancid Earth — Rancid Earth puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
  5. Cabal Pit — When Cabal Pit is in the graveyard, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring it back
  6. Centaur Garden — When Centaur Garden is in the graveyard, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring it back
  7. Haven of the Spirit Dragon — When Haven of the Spirit Dragon is in the graveyard, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring it back
  8. Edgewall Inn — When Edgewall Inn is in the graveyard, Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring it back
  9. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord — Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back
  10. Lazotep Quarry — Lazotep Quarry puts cards into the graveyard that Zask, Skittering Swarmlord can bring back

268 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

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

When a land leaves a graveyard thanks to Zask, Skittering Swarmlord:

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

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord:

  1. Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  2. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  3. Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  4. Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  5. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  6. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  7. Repentant Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  8. Treacherous Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  9. Nantuko Calmer — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Nantuko Calmer needs
  10. Gurzigost — puts cards into the graveyard that Gurzigost can bring back

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 3,505 cards in Zask's colors can cause this (Zask is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Zask, Skittering Swarmlord:

  1. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  2. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

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

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

When Zask, Skittering Swarmlord attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. The Earth King — searches a library
  4. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  5. Fractal Harness — puts counters on a permanent
  6. Inquisitorial Rosette — 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

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

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

When Zask, Skittering Swarmlord 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. Hollowmurk Siege — puts a counter on a creature
  5. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  6. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  7. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  8. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

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

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

When Zask, Skittering Swarmlord blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 7,436 cards in Zask's colors can cause this (Zask is one).

When Zask, Skittering Swarmlord enters:

  1. Season of Growth — scries
  2. Legolas Greenleaf — puts a counter on a permanent

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