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• Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving

  1BB

  Creature — Vampire Warlock // InstantB

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Bloodline Recollector's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Chevill, Bane of Monsters

  BG

  Legendary Creature — Human RogueBG

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Chevill, Bane of Monsters's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Kraven the Hunter

  1BG

  Legendary Creature — Human Warrior VillainBG

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Kraven the Hunter's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Chandra, Flameshaper

  5RR

  Legendary Planeswalker — ChandraR

  Copy engine: one card makes copies of a creature — once a turn, or once for each time you pay its cost — and each copy pays off: the creature's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again, or the hasty copy uses its tap ability. Real, repeatable value — every copy has its turn or its price, so it never goes infinite on its own.
• Xho Cai, Flickering Talon

  URW

  Legendary Creature — Bird MonkRUW

  Blink engine: one card blinks creatures — once a turn, once a combat, or each time you pay — and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again on every blink. Real, repeatable value — never infinite on its own.
• Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor

  3B1B

  Creature — Vampire Warlock // SorceryB

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Emeritus of Woe's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• The Meathook Massacre

  XBB

  Legendary EnchantmentB

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling The Meathook Massacre's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• The Mighty Thor, Jane Foster

  1WU

  Legendary Creature — Human God HeroUW

  Blink engine: one card blinks creatures — once a turn, once a combat, or each time you pay — and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again on every blink. Real, repeatable value — never infinite on its own.
• Athreos, God of Passage

  1WB

  Legendary Enchantment Creature — GodBW

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Athreos, God of Passage's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Sticky Fingers

  R

  Enchantment — AuraR

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Sticky Fingers's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Lagomos, Hand of Hatred

  1BR

  Legendary Creature — Human ShamanBR

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Lagomos, Hand of Hatred's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

  3U

  Legendary Enchantment Creature — GodU

  Blink engine: one card blinks creatures — once a turn, once a combat, or each time you pay — and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again on every blink. Real, repeatable value — never infinite on its own.
• The Mind Stone

  1W

  Legendary Artifact — Infinity StoneW

  Blink engine: one card blinks creatures — once a turn, once a combat, or each time you pay — and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again on every blink. Real, repeatable value — never infinite on its own.
• Barrensteppe Siege

  2WB

  EnchantmentBW

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Barrensteppe Siege's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Eater of Virtue

  1

  Legendary Artifact — EquipmentC

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Eater of Virtue's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Revel in Riches

  4B

  EnchantmentB

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Revel in Riches's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry

  3U

  Creature — Spirit // Enchantment — AuraU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Sméagol, Helpful Guide

  1BG

  Legendary Creature — Halfling HorrorBG

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Sméagol, Helpful Guide's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Slimefoot and Squee

  BRG

  Legendary Creature — Fungus GoblinBGR

  Recursion engine: one card can reanimate repeatedly (an activated ability, or a return that comes back once a turn), and the other is a creature worth bringing back again and again — or a creature you recast from your graveyard beside a sacrifice outlet that doesn't pay for the recast. Real, repeatable value — not an infinite loop on its own.
• A-Public Enemy

  2U

  Enchantment — AuraU

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling A-Public Enemy's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• The Scorpion God

  3BR

  Legendary Creature — GodBR

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling The Scorpion God's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Toxrill, the Corrosive

  5BB

  Legendary Creature — Slug HorrorBU

  A-Thornmantle Striker can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Toxrill, the Corrosive's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Don & Leo, Problem Solvers

  3W/UW/U

  Legendary Creature — Mutant Ninja TurtleUW

  Blink engine: one card blinks creatures — once a turn, once a combat, or each time you pay — and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again on every blink. Real, repeatable value — never infinite on its own.
• Soulherder

  1WU

  Creature — SpiritUW

  Blink engine: one card blinks creatures — once a turn, once a combat, or each time you pay — and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again on every blink. Real, repeatable value — never infinite on its own.
• Altar of Bhaal // Bone Offering

  1B2B

  Artifact // Sorcery — AdventureB

  Recursion engine: one card can reanimate repeatedly (an activated ability, or a return that comes back once a turn), and the other is a creature worth bringing back again and again — or a creature you recast from your graveyard beside a sacrifice outlet that doesn't pay for the recast. Real, repeatable value — not an infinite loop on its own.