15 more formats
Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Legendary Creature — Elemental God // Legendary Creature — Elemental GodBW
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class).
- Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — AjaniRW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Enchantment Creature — SpiritB
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Bird Cleric // Legendary Creature — Human WarlockBW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — ElementalGR
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human Snake VillainBG
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human AdvisorBW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human KnightBW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human WarlockBRU
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Creature — Elephant AdvisorG
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Creature — Kor Artificer AllyW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human Rebel WarlockW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Artifact — EquipmentC
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Planeswalker — LilianaB
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Spirit SoldierW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Creature — Human AvatarG
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- 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 ArtificerGUW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Enchantment Creature — GodBW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
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 — Equipment PhoenixR
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Creature — Elf BerserkerB
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Creature — DinosaurB
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Creature — Lizard WarlockBR
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Artifact — EquipmentRW
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- 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.
- GGWWSorceryGW
Begin Anew wipes or mass-sacrifices creatures, and Marionette Apprentice profits when creatures die — or comes back from the wipe itself.
- 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.
- Legendary Planeswalker — TibaltR
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Enchantment Creature — NightmareB
Fear of Ridicule creates token copies, feeding Marionette Apprentice'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 Marionette Apprentice's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Human WarriorB
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Creature — CatB
A-Cauldron Familiar is a sacrifice outlet, enabling Marionette Apprentice's death or sacrifice trigger.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
Al Bhed Salvagers2BCreature — Human Artificer WarriorB
Zulaport Cutthroat1BCreature — Human Rogue AllyB
Vengeful Bloodwitch1BCreature — Vampire WarlockB
Cruel CelebrantWBCreature — VampireBW
Susurian Voidborn2BCreature — Vampire SoldierB
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic PilgrimWBLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Kor ClericBW
Bastion of Remembrance2BEnchantmentB
Psychomancer1BArtifact Creature — Necron WizardB
Judge Magister GabranthWBLegendary Creature — Human Advisor KnightBW
Kheru Bloodsucker2BCreature — VampireB
Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple2WCreature — Human Cleric // Creature — Human ClericBW
Vraan, Executioner Thane1BLegendary Creature — Phyrexian VampireB