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Core25FT Power
EDH25FT Power
1v125FT Power
  • etb-trigger
  • protection
  • recursion
standardNot legal
pioneerNot legal
modernLegal
legacyLegal
vintageLegal
commanderLegal
pauperNot legal
brawlNot legal
15 more formats
alchemyNot legal
competitivebrawlNot legal
duelLegal
futureNot legal
gladiatorNot legal
historicNot legal
oathbreakerLegal
oldschoolNot legal
paupercommanderNot legal
pennyLegal
predhLegal
premodernLegal
standardbrawlNot legal
timelessNot legal
tlrNot legal
First printed in Urza's Legacy (1999)
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  • 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 Karmic Guide 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 Karmic Guide 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 Karmic Guide 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 Karmic Guide 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 Karmic Guide 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.

  • 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.

  • SorceryB

    Unmarked Grave puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Karmic Guide returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.