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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- Legendary Creature — Zombie ClericB
Death replacement: a death-replacement grant on one card lets the other repeatedly die-and-return for combo (Mikaeus + Walking Ballista class).
- 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 — Human RogueBG
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Chevill, Bane of Monsters's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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 Cleric RebelRW
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 — Vampire AssassinB
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Mari, the Killing Quill's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — ZombieB
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 Warrior VillainBG
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Kraven the Hunter's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — ZombieBR
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 SamuraiB
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Toshiro Umezawa's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- InstantB
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Malicious Affliction's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Drix WarlockB
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 — Phyrexian Zombie ElfBG
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Glissa, the Traitor's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Vampire Warlock // SorceryB
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Emeritus of Woe's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Legendary Creature — Human ShamanBR
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Lagomos, Hand of Hatred's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Astartes WarriorBW
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Assault Intercessor's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- Creature — Human WarriorB
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 — Zombie HorrorU
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.).
- Enchantment — AuraB
Soulstinger produces damage that can kill creatures, enabling Nurgle's Rot's death-trigger or removal payoff.
- 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.
- 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.
Shambling Swarm1BBBCreature — HorrorB
Grief Tyrant5B/RCreature — HorrorBR
Plague Belcher2BCreature — Zombie BeastB
Chaos Spewer2B/RCreature — Goblin WarlockBR
Baleful Ammit2BCreature — Crocodile DemonB
Sourbread Auntie2RRCreature — Goblin WarriorR
Defiant Greatmaw2GCreature — HippoG
Crocodile of the Crossing3GCreature — CrocodileG
Ornery Kudu2GCreature — AntelopeG
Decimator Beetle3BGCreature — InsectBG
Dream Seizer3BCreature — Faerie RogueB
Exemplar of Strength1GCreature — Human WarriorG