Format legality is set when the card releases on Nov 13, 2026.
Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Legendary Creature — Vampire AngelBW
Lifegain pair: one card gains life while the other rewards lifegain. They reinforce each other in a lifegain deck.
- Creature — Bear DemonBW
Lifegain pair: one card gains life while the other rewards lifegain. They reinforce each other in a lifegain deck.
- 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 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 — 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 — Human Scientist Villain // Legendary Creature — Goblin Human VillainBRU
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Norman Osborn pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- ArtifactC
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Currency Converter pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- Legendary Creature — Skeleton RogueB
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Tinybones, Trinket Thief pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2BBEnchantmentB
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Midnight Oil pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- 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 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.
- 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 — Human WizardB
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.
- Creature — Zombie WizardBU
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Lazotep Chancellor pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- 1URLegendary Planeswalker — SaheeliRU
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 — Goblin RogueBR
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.
- Legendary Creature — Human WizardB
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and The Raven Man pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- Legendary Creature — Dragon SpiritB
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 Enchantment ArtifactB
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.
- EnchantmentBG
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Insidious Roots pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Creature — Human SoldierW
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Benalish Partisan pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- Legendary Creature — Djinn NobleU
Rogue Artificial Intelligence has cycling, and Calim, Djinn Emperor pays off whenever a card is cycled — the Astral Slide / Lightning Rift engine shape.
- 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.).
- 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 Rogue Artificial Intelligence'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 Rogue Artificial Intelligence'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.
- Creature — Goblin ArtificerR
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 Rogue Artificial Intelligence's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Legendary Planeswalker — TeferiUW
A-Teferi, Time Raveler bounces a permanent, enabling Rogue Artificial Intelligence's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Creature — Elf DruidGRW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- EnchantmentUW
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- Legendary Artifact — SpacecraftW
Candela, Aegis of Adagia bounces a permanent, enabling Rogue Artificial Intelligence's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Artifact Creature — Equipment PhoenixR
Forgeborn Phoenix returns creatures from the graveyard to the battlefield, re-firing Rogue Artificial Intelligence's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Frog ScoutGU
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
- ArtifactC
Both cards trigger when a creature enters the battlefield — they fire together.
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