Deathless Behemoth is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Vigilance Sacrifice two Eldrazi Scions: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only as a sorcery.
Complete guide
Deathless Behemoth is a towering colorless threat that represents the relentless nature of the Eldrazi. Even if your opponent manages to defeat it in combat, this 6/6 creature with vigilance can easily find its way back to your hand from the graveyard.
Unpacking the Ability
The primary mechanic of Deathless Behemoth is its activated ability that functions while it is in the graveyard. By sacrificing two creatures with the Eldrazi Scion creature type, you can return the Behemoth to your hand. Note that because Eldrazi Scions are also Eldrazi, they satisfy the requirement perfectly. Vigilance also ensures this creature remains a threat on both offense and defense without tapping.
Timing and Resolution
Returning Deathless Behemoth to your hand follows specific timing rules. You can only activate this ability during your main phase while the stack is empty and you have priority, just like a sorcery. When you activate it, sacrificing the two Eldrazi Scions is the cost; this cost is paid immediately, and the ability then goes on the stack for players to respond to before the card moves to your hand.
Common Mistakes
Players often forget that the sacrifice ability is restricted to sorcery speed. You cannot use it during your opponent's turn or in response to a spell that would exile your graveyard. Additionally, remember that while Eldrazi Scions can usually be sacrificed for mana, you cannot sacrifice the same two tokens to both generate mana and pay for the Behemoth's return simultaneously.
Strategic Implementation
Use Deathless Behemoth as a late-game engine. Since it is a 6/6 with vigilance, it forces your opponent to deal with it, likely through combat or destruction spells. Once it is in the graveyard, your board of Scions acts as a secondary resource, turning small tokens into card advantage and recurring threats.
Interaction examples
Psychosis CrawlerIf you have Psychosis Crawler on the battlefield and Deathless Behemoth in your graveyard, activating the Behemoth's ability increases your hand size by one card. This immediately grants Psychosis Crawler +1/+1, showcasing how the Behemoth can bolster hand-size-dependent creatures even from the graveyard.
Meteor GolemImagine your opponent plays Meteor Golem and targets your Deathless Behemoth for destruction. The Behemoth is put into the graveyard. During your next main phase, you can sacrifice two Eldrazi Scions to return it to your hand, effectively negating the loss of your creature while your opponent has spent a significant amount of mana.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Deathless Behemoth
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Eldrazi Scions are similar to Eldrazi Spawn, seen in the Zendikar block. Note that Eldrazi Scions are 1/1, not 0/1.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Eldrazi and Scion are each separate creature types. Anything that affects Eldrazi will affect these tokens, for example.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Sacrificing an Eldrazi Scion creature token to add
is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Some instants and sorceries that create Eldrazi Scions require targets. If all targets for such a spell have become illegal by the time that spell tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't get any Eldrazi Scions.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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