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Core18FT Power
EDH18FT Power
1v118FT Power
  • etb-trigger
  • recursion
standardNot legal
pioneerLegal
modernLegal
legacyLegal
vintageLegal
commanderLegal
pauperNot legal
brawlLegal
15 more formats
alchemyNot legal
competitivebrawlLegal
duelLegal
futureNot legal
gladiatorLegal
historicLegal
oathbreakerLegal
oldschoolNot legal
paupercommanderNot legal
pennyLegal
predhNot legal
premodernNot legal
standardbrawlNot legal
timelessLegal
tlrNot legal
First printed in Magic Origins (2015)
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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative

  • 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 Possessed Skaab 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 Possessed Skaab returns it from there — onto the battlefield or to your hand.

  • 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.

  • InstantB

    Entomb puts a creature card from your library straight into your graveyard, and Possessed Skaab 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 Possessed Skaab 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 Creature — Bird WizardUW

    Blink loop: one card blinks creatures and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires on every re-entry — and the blink repeats without limit: it costs nothing, the partner's own entry pays for it (Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake), or the partner returns the blink spell to your hand.

  • 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 — Bird Pilot // InstantU

    Blink loop: one card blinks creatures and the other's enter-the-battlefield effect fires on every re-entry — and the blink repeats without limit: it costs nothing, the partner's own entry pays for it (Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake), or the partner returns the blink spell to your hand.

  • Creature — HorrorB

    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 — 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.

  • Enchantment — AuraU

    Copy chain: one card creates hasty copies of a creature whose ability or ETB the partner exploits — the canonical Kiki-Jiki / Splinter Twin pattern.

  • 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.

  • EnchantmentU

    Copy chain: one card creates hasty copies of a creature whose ability or ETB the partner exploits — the canonical Kiki-Jiki / Splinter Twin pattern.

  • 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.).

  • Legendary Creature — Fungus GoblinBGR

    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 // Sorcery — AdventureB

    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.

MTG Arena only

Synergies with cards played only on MTG Arena (including Arena rebalances). They aren't available in paper Magic.

Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative