---
name: "Sygg, River Cutthroat"
mana_cost: "{U/B}{U/B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "ZNC"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising Commander"
collector_number: "103"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jeremy Enecio"
oracle_id: "cd4db500-0017-46c6-be94-1bf48f686b6a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sygg-river-cutthroat-znc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sygg, River Cutthroat
- **Mana Cost:** `{U/B}{U/B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Merfolk Rogue

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 3 or more life this turn, you may draw a card. (Damage causes loss of life.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Zulaport Cutthroat](/printing/zulaport-cutthroat-soc.md) — Creature — Human Rogue Ally
2. [Scroll Thief](/printing/scroll-thief-ddt.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
3. [Tinybones, Trinket Thief](/printing/tinybones-trinket-thief-jmp.md) — Legendary Creature — Skeleton Rogue
4. [Merfolk Looter](/printing/merfolk-looter-afc.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
5. [Merfolk Windrobber](/printing/merfolk-windrobber-znr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Rogue
6. [Audacious Thief](/printing/audacious-thief-m20.md) — Creature — Human Rogue

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising Commander (ZNC) #103
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jeremy Enecio
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2008-05-01)* As the end step begins, Sygg’s ability checks whether a player who is currently your opponent, or a player who was your opponent at the time they left the game, has lost 3 or more life over the course of the turn. If so, the ability will trigger. If not, it won’t.
- *(2008-05-01)* Sygg’s ability checks only whether life was lost. It doesn’t care whether life was also gained. For example, if an opponent lost 4 life and gained 6 life during the turn, that player will have a higher life total than they started the turn with — but Sygg’s ability will trigger anyway.
- *(2008-05-01)* Sygg’s ability checks to see if it triggers at the end of every turn. It doesn’t have to be your turn, and it doesn’t have to be the turn of the opponent that lost life.
- *(2008-05-01)* You don’t specify an opponent when the ability triggers. If multiple opponents have lost 3 or more life over the course of the turn, the ability will trigger only once.
- *(2008-05-01)* Sygg’s ability will trigger even if Sygg wasn’t on the battlefield at the time some or all of the life was lost.
- *(2008-05-01)* It doesn’t matter how the opponent lost life or who caused it, as long as the total loss of life is 3 or more.