Format legality is set when the card releases on Nov 13, 2026. It will be legal in Standard at release.
Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- SorceryR
Fiery Gambit untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Creature — Centaur DetectiveG
Innocuous Researcher untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Legendary Creature — Elder DragonBG
Beledros Witherbloom untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Creature — Elf DruidG
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.
- Legendary Creature — Human WarlockG
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.
- Creature — Human WizardGU
Prophet of Kruphix untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Legendary Creature — Human Noble AllyGR
Bumi, Unleashed untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- EnchantmentG
Wilderness Reclamation untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Creature — SpiritG
Seedborn Muse untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Artifact — EquipmentC
Sword of Feast and Famine untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Creature — Snake DruidG
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 — Human SpellshaperU
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.
- Legendary Planeswalker — AminatouBUW
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 — SpiritW
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.
- EnchantmentG
Nature's Will untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Legendary Creature — EldraziC
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.
- 2GGEnchantmentG
Awakening untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- Creature — Human WizardU
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.
- Creature — Human DruidG
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.
- Creature — Moonfolk WizardU
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.
- Creature — Dragon DruidG
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.
- UUInstantU
Reset untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Ni'Var Science Academy's tap activation.
- EnchantmentW
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.
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 — Cat AvatarBGR
A-Soul of Windgrace returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Ni'Var Science Academy's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Human SurvivorG
Wary Zone Guard returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Ni'Var Science Academy's enter-the-battlefield effect.
Q ContinuumLandG
The UnicomplexLandB
Undercity SewersLand — Island SwampBU
Federation OutpostLandW
Raucous TheaterLand — Swamp MountainBR
Elegant ParlorLand — Mountain PlainsRW
Shadowy BackstreetLand — Plains SwampBW
Underground MortuaryLand — Swamp ForestBG
Commercial DistrictLand — Mountain ForestGR
Hedge MazeLand — Forest IslandGU
Meticulous ArchiveLand — Plains IslandUW
Thundering FallsLand — Island MountainRU