Unscythe, Killer of Kings 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
Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has first strike. Whenever a creature dealt damage by equipped creature this turn dies, you may exile that card. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. Equip
How it works : Unscythe, Killer of Kings
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Whenever a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, check whether that creature had been dealt damage this turn by the creature that Unscythe is currently attached to. If so, Unscythe’s second ability will trigger. This is true even if Unscythe wasn’t attached to the creature at the time it dealt that damage. Only the currently equipped creature is checked, not any creatures that Unscythe may have been attached to earlier in the turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Unscythe’s second ability cares about any damage, not just combat damage.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Unscythe’s second ability triggers, but the creature that was put into a graveyard is somehow removed from the graveyard in response (or it was a token), it won’t be able to be exiled with Unscythe’s ability. You won’t get a Zombie token.
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Popular combos
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Eternal Scourge + Ashnod's Altar + Unscythe, Killer of Kings + Marauding Raptor
- 1Cast Eternal Scourge either from your hand or from exile by paying
. - 2When Eternal Scourge enters the battlefield, Marauding Raptor triggers, dealing 2 damage to Eternal Scourge.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Scourge, adding
. - 4When Eternal Scourge dies, Unscythe triggers, exiling Eternal Scourge and creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 5When the Zombie enters the battlefield, Marauding Raptor triggers.
- 6Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Zombie, adding .
- 7When the Zombie dies, Unscythe triggers, failing to exile the Zombie as it no longer exists.
- 8Resolve the Marauding Raptor trigger, doing nothing as the Zombie is no longer on the battlefield.
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