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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Legendary Creature — Human Noble VillainB
Copy engine: one card makes a copy of a creature every turn, and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect rewards each copy. Real, repeatable value — the partner can't untap or re-enter the copier, so it never goes infinite.
- Legendary Creature — Zombie GodW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Planeswalker — ChandraR
Copy engine: one card makes a copy of a creature every turn, and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect rewards each copy. Real, repeatable value — the partner can't untap or re-enter the copier, so it never goes infinite.
- Legendary Creature — Cat Warrior // Legendary Planeswalker — AjaniRW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Creature — Human WarlockBRU
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 — Elf WarriorBG
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Creature — Human Rebel WarlockW
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 WarriorGRW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Planeswalker — VivienG
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- 2GGLegendary Planeswalker — TyvarBG
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Creature — Rabbit WarriorG
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Creature — Orc WarriorBRW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Creature — Merfolk ScoutBG
Recursion engine: one card can reanimate repeatedly (an activated ability), and the other is a creature worth bringing back again and again. Real, repeatable value — not an infinite loop on its own.
- Enchantment — SagaBW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary ArtifactC
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Creature — Human ScoutW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Planeswalker — NahiriRW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Sorcery // LandW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- 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.
- Legendary Creature — Human WarriorGR
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Creature — Human ScoutGU
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Creature — Human RogueU
Blink pair: one card can blink creatures repeatedly, and the other's ETB rewards every re-entry. Free-running only when the blink is free or refunded (Deadeye + Drake class); otherwise a repeatable value engine.
- 1WUCreature — SpiritUW
Blink pair: one card can blink creatures repeatedly, and the other's ETB rewards every re-entry. Free-running only when the blink is free or refunded (Deadeye + Drake class); otherwise a repeatable value engine.
- Legendary Artifact — Infinity StoneW
Blink pair: one card can blink creatures repeatedly, and the other's ETB rewards every re-entry. Free-running only when the blink is free or refunded (Deadeye + Drake class); otherwise a repeatable value engine.
MTG Arena only
Synergies with cards played only on MTG Arena (including Arena rebalances). They aren't available in paper Magic.
Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Creature — Human MonkR
Copy engine: one card makes a copy of a creature every turn, and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect rewards each copy. Real, repeatable value — the partner can't untap or re-enter the copier, so it never goes infinite.
- 2GGLegendary Planeswalker — TyvarBG
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Legendary Creature — Bird MonkRUW
Blink pair: one card can blink creatures repeatedly, and the other's ETB rewards every re-entry. Free-running only when the blink is free or refunded (Deadeye + Drake class); otherwise a repeatable value engine.
- Legendary Planeswalker — NahiriRW
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- Creature — Vampire SoldierB
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.
- EnchantmentB
Recursion engine: one card can reanimate repeatedly (an activated ability), and the other is a creature worth bringing back again and again. 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.).
- Creature — Elf WarriorG
Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
- ArtifactG
Copy engine: one card makes a copy of a creature every turn, and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect rewards each copy. Real, repeatable value — the partner can't untap or re-enter the copier, so it never goes infinite.
- Enchantment Creature — NightmareB
Fear of Ridicule creates token copies, feeding Nightblade Brigade's ETB or copy payoff.
- Creature — Bat ClericB
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Creature — HumanC
Ominous Traveler bounces a permanent, enabling Nightblade Brigade's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- EnchantmentG
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 — InsectG
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.
- Creature — Frog DruidBG
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 Nightblade Brigade's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Legendary Planeswalker — TeferiUW
A-Teferi, Time Raveler bounces a permanent, enabling Nightblade Brigade's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Artifact — Book EquipmentU
Both cards trigger when a permanent attacks — they fire together.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
Barrier of BonesBCreature — Skeleton WallB
Whisper Agent1U/BU/BCreature — Human RogueBU
Foraging Wickermaw2Artifact Creature — ScarecrowC
MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel1BLegendary Artifact Creature — Human VillainB
Sanitation Automaton2Artifact Creature — ConstructC
Avenger of the Fallen2BCreature — Human WarriorB
Shore Lurker3WCreature — Merfolk ScoutW
Lazav, the MultifariousUBLegendary Creature — ShapeshifterBU
Foul Watcher1UCreature — Nightmare BirdU
Wreckage Wickerfolk1BArtifact Creature — ScarecrowB
BroodspinnerBGCreature — SpiderBG
Owlin Historian2WCreature — Bird ClericW