Host of the Hereafter 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
This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it. Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, if it had counters on it, put its counters on up to one target creature you control.
How it works : Host of the Hereafter
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Host of the Hereafter dies at the same time as one or more other creatures you control, Host of the Hereafter’s last ability triggers for each of those creatures that had counters on them, including itself if applicable.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Host of the Hereafter’s last ability doesn’t cause you to move counters from the creature that died onto the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter the creature had when it died onto the target creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Host of the Hereafter’s last ability puts all counters that were on the creature that died onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
In some unusual cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control The Ozolith and Host of the Hereafter when a creature you control with counters on it dies, you’ll put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the creature that died had -1/-1 counters on it when it died, Host of the Hereafter’s ability will put those on the target creature as well. This may result in the recipient of the counters also dying.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If enough -1/-1 counters are put on a creature you control at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, Host of the Hereafter’s last ability will see all of the +1/+1 counters it had when it died as well as the -1/-1 counters it had, and the same number of each of those types of counters (plus any other applicable counters) will be put onto the target creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Viscera Seer + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the persist creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability and Host of the Hereafter trigger.
- 3Resolve Host of the Hereafter's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving persist creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
- 4If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the persist creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
Carrion Feeder + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the persist creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability and Host of the Hereafter trigger.
- 3Resolve Host of the Hereafter's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving persist creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
- 4If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the persist creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
Ashnod's Altar + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the persist creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it, adding
. - 2When that creature dies, its persist ability and Host of the Hereafter trigger.
- 3Resolve Host of the Hereafter's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving persist creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
- 4If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the persist creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- 6Repeat.
Umbral Collar Zealot + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the persist creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability and Host of the Hereafter trigger.
- 3Resolve Host of the Hereafter's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving persist creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
- 4If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the persist creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- 6Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
Evolution Witness + Ashnod's Altar + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Cast the creature from your hand by paying
or less, causing the creature to enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. - 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature, adding .
- 3When the creature dies, Host of the Hereafter triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
- 6If the creature can be cast for or less, this combo nets infinite colorless mana, and you may cast that creature for an arbitrarily large amount of mana if it has
in its mana cost.
Yahenni, Undying Partisan + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Activate Yahenni by sacrificing the persist creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability and Host of the Hereafter trigger.
- 3Resolve Host of the Hereafter's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving persist creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
- 4If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the persist creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- 6Resolve the Yahenni ability from step 1.
- 7Repeat.
Phyrexian Altar + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the persist creature that has a +1/+1 counter on it, adding one mana of any color.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability and Host of the Hereafter trigger.
- 3Resolve Host of the Hereafter's ability, putting at least two +1/+1 counters onto the surviving persist creature due to the counter-increasing effect.
- 4If that creature had a -1/-1 counter on it, remove that and one of the +1/+1 counters from it as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the persist ability from step 2, returning the persist creature from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter.
- 6Repeat.
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons + Host of the Hereafter
- 1Put a -1/-1 counter on any creature you control with toughness equal to 1. The creatue dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness, triggering Hapatra and Host of the Hereafter.
- 2Resolve the Hapatra trigger, creating a 1/1 Snake creature token.
- 3Resolve the Host of the Hereafter trigger, putting a -1/-1 counter on any creature you control with toughness equal to 1.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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