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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Creature — Vampire Warlock // InstantB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Bloodline Recollector's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Human RogueBG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Chevill, Bane of Monsters's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Enchantment — AuraU
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Private Research's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- EnchantmentB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Quest for the Gravelord's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Enchantment — AuraG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Bequeathal's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Human Warrior VillainBG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Kraven the Hunter's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Human ShamanBR
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Lagomos, Hand of Hatred's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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.
- EnchantmentW
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Enduring Renewal's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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.
- Legendary Artifact — EquipmentC
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Eater of Virtue's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Artifact — EquipmentC
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Skullclamp's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- InstantB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Malicious Affliction's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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 Enchantment Creature — GodBW
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Athreos, God of Passage's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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.
- Creature — Vampire Warlock // SorceryB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Emeritus of Woe's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — DemonB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Ob Nixilis, Unshackled's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Zombie ElfBG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Glissa, the Traitor's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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.
- Enchantment — AuraR
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Incendiary's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary EnchantmentB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling The Meathook Massacre's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Enchantment — AuraR
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Sticky Fingers's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Astartes WarriorBW
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Assault Intercessor's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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.
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.
- Enchantment — AuraU
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling A-Public Enemy's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Ogre WarlockB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Underbridge Warlock's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Elf WarlockBG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Perennial Gravewarden's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Enchantment — AuraG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling A-Most Wanted's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Tiefling ClericB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling A-Death-Priest of Myrkul's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — DinosaurB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Terrors of the Track's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Human Elf WarlockBG
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling A-Shessra, Death's Whisper's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Vampire KnightBW
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Arvad, Weatherlight Smuggler's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — VampireB
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling A-Blood Artist's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Artifact — EquipmentRW
Hivespine Wolverine can kill creatures (with damage or by shrinking them), enabling Bladehold Cleaver's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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 Hivespine Wolverine'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 Hivespine Wolverine's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- EnchantmentUW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Artifact — SpacecraftW
Candela, Aegis of Adagia bounces a permanent, enabling Hivespine Wolverine's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — OmenGRU
Stonehide Ancient bounces a permanent, enabling Hivespine Wolverine's recast / spell-cast trigger.
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