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• Chevill, Bane of Monsters

  BG

  Legendary Creature — Human RogueBG

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Chevill, Bane of Monsters's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

  2RG

  Legendary Planeswalker — MinscGR

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Banon, the Returners' Leader

  RW

  Legendary Creature — Human Cleric RebelRW

  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.
• Magus of the Candelabra

  G

  Creature — Human WizardG

  One-directional refresh: one card can untap permanents the other wants to reuse. Not self-sustaining on its own — the untapper has to keep showing up.
• Gravecrawler

  B

  Creature — ZombieB

  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.
• Kraven the Hunter

  1BG

  Legendary Creature — Human Warrior VillainBG

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Kraven the Hunter's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Undead Sprinter

  BR

  Creature — ZombieBR

  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.
• Toshiro Umezawa

  1BB

  Legendary Creature — Human SamuraiB

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Toshiro Umezawa's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Malicious Affliction

  BB

  InstantB

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Malicious Affliction's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Timeline Culler

  BB

  Creature — Drix 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.
• Innocuous Researcher

  3G

  Creature — Centaur DetectiveG

  Innocuous Researcher untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Golden Guardian's tap activation.
• Fiery Gambit

  2R

  SorceryR

  Fiery Gambit untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Golden Guardian's tap activation.
• Glissa, the Traitor

  BGG

  Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie ElfBG

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Glissa, the Traitor's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Emeritus of Woe // Demonic Tutor

  3B1B

  Creature — Vampire Warlock // SorceryB

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Emeritus of Woe's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Lagomos, Hand of Hatred

  1BR

  Legendary Creature — Human ShamanBR

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Lagomos, Hand of Hatred's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools

  4B

  Legendary Planeswalker — SzatB

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Candelabra of Tawnos

  1

  ArtifactC

  One-directional refresh: one card can untap permanents the other wants to reuse. Not self-sustaining on its own — the untapper has to keep showing up.
• Assault Intercessor

  1WB

  Creature — Astartes WarriorBW

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Assault Intercessor's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Tenacious Underdog

  1B

  Creature — Human WarriorB

  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.
• Skaab Ruinator

  1UU

  Creature — Zombie HorrorU

  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.
• Nurgle's Rot

  B

  Enchantment — AuraB

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Nurgle's Rot's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Squee, the Immortal

  1RR

  Legendary Creature — GoblinR

  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.
• Avarice Amulet

  4

  Artifact — EquipmentC

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Avarice Amulet's death-trigger or removal payoff.
• Oathsworn Vampire

  1B

  Creature — Vampire 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.
• Sméagol, Helpful Guide

  1BG

  Legendary Creature — Halfling HorrorBG

  Golden Guardian produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Sméagol, Helpful Guide's death-trigger or removal payoff.