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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Legendary Creature — Human DoctorW
Draw pair: both cards engage with card draw. With a damage-or-draw trigger between them they form a draw engine.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.).
- 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.
- 1WUCreature — 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.
- 3W/UW/ULegendary 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.
- Legendary Creature — Trill AdvisorW
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.).
- Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — AvatarW
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.
- Artifact — EquipmentC
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.
- ArtifactR
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.).
- 1URLegendary Planeswalker — SaheeliRU
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.
- Legendary Creature — Elf RebelRW
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.
- Legendary ArtifactR
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.
- Creature — Human Shapeshifter AssassinBU
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.).
- Legendary Creature — Human HeroW
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.
- Legendary Creature — Human WizardR
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.
- EnchantmentW
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.
- Creature — DragonU
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.).
- Creature — Cat BeastU
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.
- Creature — DogW
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.
- Legendary Creature — Cat DruidU
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.
- Creature — ShapeshifterU
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.).
- Legendary Artifact — EquipmentC
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.
- Completes Umbral Collar Zealot × Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Blasting Station × Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Hammerhead, Maggia Boss × Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Woe Strider × Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Evereth, Viceroy of Plunder × Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Ashnod's Altar × Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Phyrexian Altar
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Carrion Feeder
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Bloodthrone Vampire
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Warren Soultrader
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Thermopod
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Altar of Dementia
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Bloodflow Connoisseur
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Spawning Pit
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Goblin Bombardment
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Viscera Seer
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
- Completes Mikaeus, the Unhallowed × Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class). The pair can't keep the loop going alone — this card supplies the missing piece.
MTG Arena only
Synergies with cards played only on MTG Arena (including Arena rebalances). They aren't available in paper Magic.
Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- 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.
- Artifact Creature — Phyrexian ShapeshifterU
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.).
- EnchantmentG
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Creature — Bat ClericB
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human NobleGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human AssassinG
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human WarriorRW
Both cards trigger when a permanent attacks — they fire together.
- Creature — Frog DruidBG
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Enchantment Creature — NightmareB
Fear of Ridicule creates token copies, feeding Blighted Blackthorn's ETB or copy payoff.
- Creature — InsectG
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human ClericUW
Niambi, Beloved Protector returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Blighted Blackthorn's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Artifact — Book EquipmentU
Both cards trigger when a permanent attacks — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Jellyfish AdvisorGUW
Both cards trigger when a permanent attacks — they fire together.
- Artifact Creature — Equipment PhoenixR
Forgeborn Phoenix returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Blighted Blackthorn's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- EnchantmentUW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Artifact — SpacecraftW
Candela, Aegis of Adagia bounces a permanent, enabling Blighted Blackthorn's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — OmenGRU
Stonehide Ancient bounces a permanent, enabling Blighted Blackthorn's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Legendary Creature — Human Elf RogueBU
Both cards trigger when a permanent attacks — they fire together.
- Creature — Kithkin Warrior BardGW
Both cards trigger when a permanent attacks — they fire together.
- Creature — Vampire SoldierB
Legion Reconsecrator returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Blighted Blackthorn's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Legendary Planeswalker — TeferiUW
A-Teferi, Time Raveler bounces a permanent, enabling Blighted Blackthorn's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — HumanC
Ominous Traveler bounces a permanent, enabling Blighted Blackthorn's recast / spell-cast trigger.
Benthic Criminologists4UCreature — Merfolk WizardU
Cecily, Haunted Mage1UBRLegendary Creature — Human WizardBRU
Braulios of Pheres Band3GGLegendary Creature — Centaur ScoutG
Audacious Thief2BCreature — Human RogueB
Sokka, Lateral Strategist1W/UW/ULegendary Creature — Human Warrior AllyUW
Moonglove Extractor2BCreature — Elf WarlockB
Ox Drover3WCreature — Human PeasantW
Boromir, Gondor's Hope2WULegendary Creature — Human WarriorUW
Veronica, Dissident Scribe2RLegendary Creature — Human Artificer RogueR
Conspiracy Theorist1RCreature — Human ShamanR
Dream Trawler2WWUUCreature — SphinxUW
Master Piandao4WLegendary Creature — Human Warrior AllyW