Watcher of the Roost
Creature — Bird Soldier2/1$0.13
Flying Morph—Reveal a white card in your hand. (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) When this creature is turned face up, you gain 2 life.
Legal in Commander
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Combos 3
Watcher of the Roost + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ashnod's Altar
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least one white card in hand.
Steps
Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Watcher of the Roost, adding {C}{C}. When Watcher of the Roost dies, Yedora triggers, returning Watcher of the Roost from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land. Activate Watcher of the Roost by tapping it, adding {G}. Activate Watcher of the Roost's morph ability by revealing a white card from your hand, turning it face up. Watcher of the Roost triggers, causing you to gain 2 life. Repeat.
Watcher of the Roost + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Phyrexian Altar
- Infinite colored mana
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least one white card in hand.
Steps
Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Watcher of the Roost, adding one mana of any color. When Watcher of the Roost dies, Yedora triggers, returning Watcher of the Roost from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land. Activate Watcher of the Roost's morph ability by revealing a white card from your hand, turning it face up. Watcher of the Roost triggers, causing you to gain 2 life. Repeat.
Watcher of the Roost + Yedora, Grave Gardener + Altar of Dementia
- Infinite green mana
- Infinite lifegain
- Infinite lifegain triggers
- Infinite mill
- Infinite self-mill
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have at least one white card in hand.
Steps
Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Watcher of the Roost. When Watcher of the Roost dies, Yedora triggers, returning Watcher of the Roost from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land. Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Watcher of the Roost's power. Activate Watcher of the Roost by tapping it, adding {G}. Activate Watcher of the Roost's morph ability by revealing a white card from your hand, turning it face up. Watcher of the Roost triggers, causing you to gain 2 life. Repeat.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Heliod, Sun-CrownedWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Heliod, Sun-Crowned can use.
- Haliya, Guided by LightWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Haliya, Guided by Light can use.
- The GafferWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which The Gaffer can use.
- Aerith GainsboroughWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Aerith Gainsborough can use.
- Celestine, the Living SaintWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Celestine, the Living Saint can use.
- Lathiel, the Bounteous DawnWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn can use.
- Treebeard, Gracious HostWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Treebeard, Gracious Host can use.
- Astarion, the DecadentWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Astarion, the Decadent can use.
- Karlov of the Ghost CouncilWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Karlov of the Ghost Council can use.
- Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous NeonateWatcher of the Roost gains you life, which Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate can use.