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• Baron Helmut Zemo

  BBB

  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.
• Captivating Glance

  2U

  Enchantment — AuraU

  Captivating Glance temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Merieke Ri Berit

  WUB

  Legendary Creature — HumanBUW

  Merieke Ri Berit temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Edea, Possessed Sorceress

  2UBR

  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.
• Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor

  2R

  Legendary Creature — Human KnightR

  Varchild, Betrayer of Kjeldor temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Rinoa, Angel Wing

  2W

  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.
• Garland, Royal Kidnapper

  2UB

  Legendary Creature — Human KnightBU

  Garland, Royal Kidnapper temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

  4UBBR

  Legendary Planeswalker — BolasBRU

  Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• The Beast, Deathless Prince

  2BR

  Legendary Creature — DemonBR

  The Beast, Deathless Prince temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• The Nipton Lottery

  2BR

  SorceryBR

  The Nipton Lottery temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Geyadrone Dihada

  1UBR

  Legendary Planeswalker — DihadaBRU

  Geyadrone Dihada temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Angrath, the Flame-Chained

  3BR

  Legendary Planeswalker — AngrathBR

  Angrath, the Flame-Chained temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry

  3U

  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.).
• Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist

  1BB

  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.
• The Wretched

  3BB

  Creature — DemonB

  The Wretched temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Grenzo, Dungeon Warden

  XBR

  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.
• Junji, the Midnight Sky

  3BB

  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.
• Yasova Dragonclaw

  2G

  Legendary Creature — Human WarriorGRU

  Yasova Dragonclaw temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Whip of Erebos

  2BB

  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.
• Claim the Firstborn

  R

  SorceryR

  Claim the Firstborn temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Slimefoot and Squee

  BRG

  Legendary Creature — Fungus GoblinBGR

  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.
• Loki's Scepter

  2R

  Legendary ArtifactR

  Loki's Scepter temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Loki, God of Lies

  1RR

  Legendary Creature — God Sorcerer VillainR

  Loki, God of Lies temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• In the Darkness Bind Them

  2UBR

  Enchantment — SagaBRU

  In the Darkness Bind Them temporarily takes control of an opponent's creature, and Shadowborn Demon sacrifices it — the opponent loses the permanent for good.
• Luminous Broodmoth

  2WW

  Creature — InsectW

  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.