Dread Slaver 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
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, return it to the battlefield under your control. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
How it works : Dread Slaver
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Each time a creature dies, check whether Dread Slaver had dealt any damage to it at any time during that turn. If so, Dread Slaver's ability will trigger. It doesn't matter who controlled the creature or whose graveyard it was put into.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Dread Slaver and a creature it was blocking or blocked by both die in combat, Dread Slaver's ability will trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Dread Slaver will return if it somehow dealt damage to itself and then dies.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The card will return to the battlefield under your control only if it's still in the graveyard when the ability resolves. If it's not (perhaps because an ability like undying has already returned it to the battlefield), nothing happens.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats + Dread Slaver + Warstorm Surge
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying
. - 2Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, triggering Warstorm Surge, causing Dread Slaver to deal three damage to itself and die due to its deathtouch ability.
- 3Dread Slaver dies, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Conspiracy + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2When Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, Be'lakor's second ability triggers, causing Dread Slaver to deal damage equal to its power to itself.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dread Slaver, adding
. - 4When Dread Slaver dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Dread Slaver + Warstorm Surge + Death Baron
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, triggering Warstorm Surge, causing Dread Slaver to deal three damage to itself and die due to its deathtouch ability.
- 3Dread Slaver dies, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Arcane Adaptation + Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2When Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, Be'lakor's second ability triggers, causing Dread Slaver to deal damage equal to its power to itself.
- 3Dread Slaver dies as a state-based action due to its deathtouch.
- 4Dread Slaver triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Arcane Adaptation + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2When Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, Be'lakor's second ability triggers, causing Dread Slaver to deal damage equal to its power to itself.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Dread Slaver, adding .
- 4When Dread Slaver dies, it triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Be'lakor, the Dark Master + Dread Slaver + Conspiracy + Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2When Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, Be'lakor's second ability triggers, causing Dread Slaver to deal damage equal to its power to itself.
- 3Dread Slaver dies as a state-based action due to its deathtouch.
- 4Dread Slaver triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Zagras, Thief of Heartbeats + Dread Slaver + Pandemonium
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, triggering Pandemonium, causing Dread Slaver to deal three damage to itself and die due to its deathtouch ability.
- 3Dread Slaver dies, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Dread Slaver + Warstorm Surge + Archetype of Finality
- 1Cast Dread Slaver by paying .
- 2Dread Slaver enters the battlefield, triggering Warstorm Surge, causing Dread Slaver to deal three damage to itself and die due to its deathtouch ability.
- 3Dread Slaver dies, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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