Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Zellix, Sanity Flayer

Legendary Creature — Horror

Mana cost: {2}{U}

How we read this card

Whenever a player mills one or more creature cards, you create a 1/1 black Horror creature token.

triggered — makes a token

Target player mills three cards.

activated {1}, {T} — mills a card

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What we read on this card

Causes: create a Horror creature token, put a Horror creature token onto the battlefield, mill a card.

Cares about: a creature is milled.

Works well with

mill a creature — 2 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this.

When a creature makes a player mill a card thanks to:

  1. Underwater Tunnel // Slimy Aquarium — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes a token
  2. Shapeshifter's Marrow — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes a token

provide a creature to sacrifice — 424 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this.

  1. Jalira, Master Polymorphist — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes fodder for Jalira, Master Polymorphist
  2. Polymorph — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes fodder for Polymorph
  3. Proteus Staff — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes fodder for Proteus Staff
  4. Synthetic Destiny — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes fodder for Synthetic Destiny
  5. Mass Polymorph — Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes fodder for Mass Polymorph

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

a token enters the battlefield — 614 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When a Horror enters thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer:

  1. Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards — draws you 1 card
  2. Junk Winder — taps a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker or battle an opponent controls

a token is created — 615 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

  1. Idol of Oblivion — When Zellix, Sanity Flayer makes a Horror token, Idol of Oblivion draws you 1 card

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 1,684 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

Zellix, Sanity Flayer:

  1. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  2. Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  3. Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  4. Mindwhisker — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Mindwhisker needs
  5. Barkform Harvester — puts cards into the graveyard that Barkform Harvester can bring back
  6. Cybernetic Specialist — puts cards into the graveyard that Cybernetic Specialist can bring back
  7. Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae — puts cards into the graveyard that Picklock Prankster // Free the Fae can bring back
  8. Reito Sentinel — puts cards into the graveyard that Reito Sentinel can bring back
  9. Merfolk Windrobber — fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Merfolk Windrobber needs
  10. Relic Golem — fills an opponent's graveyard toward the 8 or more cards Relic Golem needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 1,684 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Energy Field — sacrifices itself

a creature attacks — 3,238 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When Zellix, Sanity Flayer attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  3. Screaming Swarm — mills a card
  4. Imperious Mindbreaker — mills a card
  5. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  6. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  7. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  8. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Throwing Knife — sacrifices itself

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

anything attacks — 3,238 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When Zellix, Sanity Flayer attacks:

  1. ED-E, Lonesome Eyebot — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Madame Web, Clairvoyant — mills a card
  3. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  4. Curse of Verbosity — draws you 1 card
  5. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  6. Alora, Merry Thief — triggers
  7. Twins of Discord — triggers
  8. Great Gilded Boat — draws and discards
  9. Cosmic Cube — triggers
  10. Doom's Time Platform — exiles a card from your graveyard

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

a creature blocks — 3,238 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When Zellix, Sanity Flayer blocks:

  1. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  2. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  3. Dwindle — kills a creature

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

a creature is cast — 3,254 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When Zellix, Sanity Flayer is cast:

  1. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  2. The Clone Saga — copies a spell
  3. Customs Depot — draws you 1 card
  4. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  5. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  6. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  7. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  8. Aether Barrier — makes a player sacrifice a permanent
  9. Kefnet's Monument — triggers
  10. Equilibrium — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,316 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

When Zellix, Sanity Flayer enters:

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

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

a creature enters the battlefield — 3,581 cards in Zellix's colors can cause this (Zellix is one).

  1. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — When Zellix, Sanity Flayer enters, Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior puts a counter on itself
  2. Pollywog Prodigy — When Zellix, Sanity Flayer enters, Pollywog Prodigy puts a counter on itself
  3. Blasting Station — When a Horror enters thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer, Blasting Station untaps itself
  4. Sage of the Falls — When a Horror enters thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer, Sage of the Falls draws you 1 card
  5. Bloodline Pretender — When a Horror enters thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer, Bloodline Pretender puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Sage's Row Denizen — When Zellix, Sanity Flayer enters, Sage's Row Denizen mills a card
  7. Soultether Golem — When a Horror enters thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer, Soultether Golem puts a time counter on itself
  8. Simic Fluxmage — When Zellix, Sanity Flayer enters, Simic Fluxmage puts a counter on itself
  9. Monkey Cage — When a Horror enters thanks to Zellix, Sanity Flayer, Monkey Cage sacrifices itself

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