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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- ArtifactB
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.
- Land — DesertC
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.
- Land // Legendary Creature — DemonB
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 — Zombie WarriorBU
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 — Elf ScoutG
Copperhorn Scout untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- 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.
- Creature — Orc ClericW
White Plume Adventurer untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- 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 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.
- 2G/UG/UG/UCreature — HorrorGU
Murkfiend Liege untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- 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.
- Legendary Artifact Creature — ArtificerW
Lita, Mechanical Engineer untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- 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 — Human SoldierW
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 — 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 — Human KnightGW
Veteran Beastrider untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- Kindred Enchantment — MerfolkU
Merrow Commerce untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- Legendary Creature — Time Lord DoctorUW
The Fifth Doctor untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- Legendary Creature — Time Lord DoctorGU
The Thirteenth Doctor untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
- 1WUCreature — 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.
- 3W/UW/ULegendary 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 — Merfolk WizardUW
Deepway Navigator untaps all (or many) permanents, refreshing Purple Pentapus's tap activation.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Enchantment Creature — NightmareB
Fear of Ridicule creates token copies, feeding Purple Pentapus'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 Purple Pentapus's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Artifact Creature — Equipment PhoenixR
Forgeborn Phoenix returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Purple Pentapus's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- EnchantmentUW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- SorceryB
Feed the Bog returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Purple Pentapus's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Legendary Artifact — SpacecraftW
Candela, Aegis of Adagia bounces a permanent, enabling Purple Pentapus's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — Dragon // Sorcery — OmenGRU
Stonehide Ancient bounces a permanent, enabling Purple Pentapus's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — Vampire SoldierB
Legion Reconsecrator returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Purple Pentapus's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Legendary Planeswalker — TeferiUW
A-Teferi, Time Raveler bounces a permanent, enabling Purple Pentapus's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — HumanC
Ominous Traveler bounces a permanent, enabling Purple Pentapus's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — Human ClericW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Artifact Creature — ConstructB
Forgefire Automaton returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Purple Pentapus's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- InstantU
Paths of Tuinvale bounces a permanent, enabling Purple Pentapus's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- InstantBU
Vesuvan Mist bounces a permanent, enabling Purple Pentapus's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- SorceryW
Honor the Past returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Purple Pentapus's enter-the-battlefield effect.
Persistent SpecimenBCreature — SkeletonB
Retrofitted TransmograntBArtifact Creature — ZombieB
Cauldron FamiliarBCreature — CatB
Reassembling Skeleton1BCreature — Skeleton WarriorB
Haunt of the Dead MarshesBCreature — Nightmare ElfB
Teacher's PestBGCreature — Skeleton PestBG
Tenacious DeadBCreature — Skeleton WarriorB
Cult ConscriptBCreature — Skeleton WarriorB
Valgavoth's FaithfulBCreature — Human ClericB
Dread WandererBCreature — Zombie JackalB
Barrier of BonesBCreature — Skeleton WallB
Bloodsoaked ChampionBCreature — Human WarriorB