Starving Revenant
Creature — Spirit Horror · 
Starving Revenant is part of 71 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Ketramose, the New Dawn and Containment Construct.
Starving Revenant
Creature — Spirit Horror
When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life.
Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
- Mana value
- 4
- Power/Toughness
- 4/4
- Keywords
- Surveil, Descend
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Starving Revenant across all of its 71 combos.
Roles in combos
What Starving Revenant provides to the combos it is part of.
- Permanent with "Whenever you draw a card, gain life"
Combos with Starving Revenant
71 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Kefka, Court Mage // Kefka, Ruler of Ruin
Starving Revenant
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
Starving Revenant
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Color Identity: B
Cards in combo:
Sensei's Divining Top
Starving Revenant
Bolas's Citadel
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Drogskol Reaver
Starving Revenant
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
Starving Revenant
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifeloss
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Currency Converter
Starving Revenant
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: B
Cards in combo:
Sensei's Divining Top
Starving Revenant
Gwenom, Remorseless
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite storm count
Color Identity: B
Cards in combo:
Asmodeus the Archfiend
Necrotic Ooze
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth
Starving Revenant
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Necropotence
Starving Revenant
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Containment Construct
Starving Revenant
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Containment Construct
Skirge Familiar
Starving Revenant
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite black mana
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Necropotence
Skirge Familiar
Starving Revenant
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging
Near-infinite black mana
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Containment Construct
Starving Revenant
Putrid Imp
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Necropotence
Starving Revenant
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Vilis, Broker of Blood
Starving Revenant
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Starving Revenant
Skirge Familiar
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite looting
Color Identity: W, U, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Toluz, Clever Conductor
Starving Revenant
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
The Locust God
Starving Revenant
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite -1/-1 counters
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Containment Construct
Starving Revenant
Witch-king of Angmar
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
Infinite rummaging
Color Identity: U, B, R
Cards in combo:
Vilis, Broker of Blood
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
Starving Revenant
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite damage
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
