Watchers of the Dead 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
Exile this creature: Each opponent chooses two cards in their graveyard and exiles the rest.
How it works : Watchers of the Dead
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
An opponent with one or two cards in their graveyard won’t exile any cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
When this ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses two cards in their graveyard, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all of the other cards in their graveyards are exiled simultaneously. Each player will know the choices made by the players who chose before them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Koll, the Forgemaster + Kemba, Kha Enduring + Ashnod's Altar + Watchers of the Dead
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Watchers of the Dead, adding
.
- 2Watchers of the Dead dies, triggering Koll, returning Watchers of the Dead from your graveyard to your hand.
- 3Cast Watchers of the Dead by paying
.
- 4Watchers of the Dead enters the battlefield, triggering Kemba, attaching any Equipment you control to it.
- 5Repeat.
Legal formats
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