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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Legendary Creature — Human Rebel WarlockW
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.
- EnchantmentB
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.
- EnchantmentB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- Legendary Creature — Human AvatarG
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- Creature — Human WarlockB
Oriq Loremage puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Extraction Specialist returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.
- 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.
- SorceryB
Buried Alive puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Extraction Specialist returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.
- InstantB
Entomb puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Extraction Specialist returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.
- 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.
- Creature — Human SurvivorB
Cynical Loner puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Extraction Specialist returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.
- 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.
- Creature — Phyrexian WarlockB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- 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.
- Creature — Bird ClericW
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- Creature — Elemental KnightB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- 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.).
- SorceryB
Final Parting puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Extraction Specialist returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.
- Legendary Enchantment Creature — GodBW
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- Legendary Creature — Dragon SpiritB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- 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.
- Creature — Ogre RogueB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- Creature — Phyrexian HorrorB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
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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.
- Creature — Vampire SoldierB
Graveyard pair: one card brings creatures back from the graveyard repeatedly (or a creature that returns itself), and the other keeps feeding the loop — a recurring reanimator with a payoff, or a sacrifice outlet with a self-recurring creature.
- EnchantmentB
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.
- 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.
- 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 Extraction Specialist's ETB or copy payoff.
- Creature — InsectG
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Creature — Goblin ArtificerR
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Artillery Enthusiast's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Human RogueG
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Antique Collector's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Enchantment Creature — Bird GlimmerUW
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Wingbright Thief's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Legendary Creature — Human ClericUW
Niambi, Beloved Protector returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Extraction Specialist's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Human MonkG
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Chronicler of Worship's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — CatB
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing A-Cauldron Familiar's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Dwarf ArtificerW
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Dedicated Dollmaker's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Artifact Creature — Equipment PhoenixR
Forgeborn Phoenix returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Extraction Specialist's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Human Peasant // Creature — SpiritUW
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing A-Devoted Grafkeeper's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- EnchantmentUW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Creature — Angel ClericW
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Angel of Unity's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Fox PilotW
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Dragonfly Pilot's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Merfolk ScoutU
Extraction Specialist returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Shoreline Scout's enter-the-battlefield effect.
Nullpriest of Oblivion1BCreature — Vampire ClericB
Bloodline Necromancer4BCreature — Vampire WizardB
General Leo Cristophe4WLegendary Creature — Human SoldierW
Karmic Guide3WWCreature — Angel SpiritW
Pre-War Formalwear2WArtifact — EquipmentW
Phyrexian Delver3BBCreature — Phyrexian ZombieB
Brotherhood Outcast2WCreature — Human SoldierW
Eddie Brock // Venom, Lethal Protector2B3BRGLegendary Creature — Human Hero Villain // Legendary Creature — Symbiote Hero VillainBGR
Sister Hospitaller4WBCreature — Human ClericBW
Carnage, Crimson Chaos2BRLegendary Creature — Symbiote VillainBR
Timely Hordemate3WCreature — Human WarriorW
Necromancy2BEnchantmentB