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Confidence:StrongSolidPlausibleTentativeSpeculative
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 — 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.
- 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.
- Legendary 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.
- ArtifactC
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 NobleBGRUW
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 Artifact Creature — MutantBGU
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 // Sorcery — AdventureB
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.
- ArtifactR
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.).
- Creature — Kithkin ClericW
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 — Phyrexian 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 — HumanGW
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 WizardR
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.
- Creature — Human Shapeshifter AssassinBU
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 HeroW
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.
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.
- 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 Wary Watchdog'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 Wary Watchdog'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.
- 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 Wary Watchdog's enter-the-battlefield effect.
- Creature — Cat HorrorB
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
- Legendary Planeswalker — TeferiUW
A-Teferi, Time Raveler bounces a permanent, enabling Wary Watchdog'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 Wary Watchdog's recast / spell-cast trigger.
- Artifact Creature — Equipment PhoenixR
Both cards trigger when a creature dies — they fire together.
Wary Thespian1GCreature — Cat DruidG
Lys Alana Informant1GCreature — Elf ScoutG
Thawbringer2GCreature — Insect ScoutG
Sanitation Automaton2Artifact Creature — ConstructC
Whisper Agent1U/BU/BCreature — Human RogueBU
MACH-1, Swooping Scoundrel1BLegendary Artifact Creature — Human VillainB
Unshakable Tail2BCreature — Zombie DetectiveB
Foul Watcher1UCreature — Nightmare BirdU
Umbral Collar Zealot1BCreature — Human ClericB
Foraging Wickermaw2Artifact Creature — ScarecrowC
Cybernetic Specialist2Artifact Creature — Human ScientistC
Shore Lurker3WCreature — Merfolk ScoutW