Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei

Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei

Legendary Creature — Human Soldier

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

How we read this card

Whenever Zhang Liao deals damage to an opponent, that opponent discards a card.

triggered —

What we read on this card

Causes: discard a card.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Soldier creature enters the battlefield — 95 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

  1. Veteran's Armaments — When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei enters, Veteran's Armaments triggers

a card is discarded — 641 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei makes a player discard a card:

  1. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  2. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  3. Sangromancer — gains you 3 life
  4. Archfiend of Ifnir — puts a counter on a creature
  5. Tourach, Dread Cantor — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Tinybones, Pocket Nuisance — deals 1 damage
  7. Horror of the Broken Lands — gets +2/+1
  8. Tinybones, Bauble Burglar — hits a graveyard
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

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

a card in a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

  1. Heart-Shaped Herb — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  2. Rescue from the Underworld — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  3. Victimize — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
  4. Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei puts cards into the graveyard that Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern can bring back
  5. Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei puts cards into the graveyard that Sivriss, Nightmare Speaker can bring back
  6. Repentant Vampire — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  7. Treacherous Vampire — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Treacherous Vampire needs
  8. Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei puts cards into the graveyard that Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed can bring back
  9. Dauthi Voidwalker — Cards Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei would put into an opponent's graveyard are exiled by Dauthi Voidwalker instead, and it can play from among them
  10. Loot, the Anomaly — Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Loot, the Anomaly needs

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

anything goes to a graveyard — 2,555 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei:

  1. The Haunt of Hightower — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Bloodchief Ascension — makes each opponent lose 2 life
  3. Planar Void — hits a graveyard
  4. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

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

a creature attacks — 3,478 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  3. Staff of Titania — makes a token
  4. Inquisitorial Rosette — makes a token
  5. Wand of Orcus — grants deathtouch
  6. Andúril, Flame of the West — makes 2 tokens
  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

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

anything attacks — 3,478 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei 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. Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate — grants deathtouch
  5. Rev, Tithe Extractor — grants deathtouch
  6. Boggart Prankster — gives +1/+0
  7. Within Range — makes each opponent lose life
  8. Curse of Disturbance — makes a token
  9. Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought — deals 100 damage
  10. Twins of Discord — triggers

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

a creature blocks — 3,478 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei blocks:

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

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

a creature deals combat damage — 3,478 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

  1. Hive Mind Coprocessor — When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei deals combat damage, Hive Mind Coprocessor makes you lose life

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

a creature is cast — 3,493 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei is cast:

  1. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  2. Oketra's Monument — makes a token
  3. Bontu's Monument — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Vanquisher's Banner — draws you 1 card
  5. Rhonas's Monument — gives +2/+2
  6. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself
  7. Skittering Skirge — sacrifices itself
  8. Skittering Monstrosity — sacrifices itself
  9. Hazoret's Monument — draws and discards
  10. Kefnet's Monument — triggers

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

a nontoken creature enters the battlefield — 3,680 cards in Zhang Liao's colors can cause this (Zhang Liao is one).

  1. Minion Reflector — When Zhang Liao, Hero of Hefei enters, Minion Reflector makes a token