Combo scores
Every two-card combo earns points for what can be measured: how fast it works, what it produces, whether it needs setup and how much it wins in tournaments. At 4 points or more it is banned. Data is measured every week and the new list is announced on the first Monday of each month; the next announcement is on November 2, 2026.
Until November 2, 2026 the official list stays frozen. Here you can see what would change that day.
At the November 2, 2026 announcement
- Stay banned
- 620
- Would leave the list
- 424
- Would join the list
- 1,313
Those on the official list, from closest to leaving to farthest. A combo leaves only if it stays below the line for the whole review month.
Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Cut Your Losses
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 9 mana · 21,262 decks
Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 7 mana · 19,722 decks
Umbral Mantle + Elvish Archdruid
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 19,489 decks
Food Chain + Eternal Scourge
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 19,384 decks
Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 18,918 decks
Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Terisian Mindbreaker
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 10 mana · 17,937 decks
Umbral Mantle + Circle of Dreams Druid
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 17,505 decks
Aggravated Assault + Bear Umbra
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 17,056 decks
Basalt Monolith + Nyxbloom Ancient
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 15,170 decks
Tivit, Seller of Secrets + Time Sieve
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 15,125 decks
Food Chain + Misthollow Griffin
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 14,048 decks
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Revival // Revenge
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 13,788 decks
Dina, Soul Steeper + Exquisite Blood
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 13,224 decks
Machine God's Effigy + Devoted Druid
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 13,117 decks
Aggravated Assault + Nature's Will
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 12,752 decks
Herd Baloth + Ivy Lane Denizen
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 12,472 decks
Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor + Archon of Sun's Grace
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 12,286 decks
Kelpie Guide + Freed from the Real
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 12,254 decks
Tyvar, the Pummeler + Devoted Druid
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 10,831 decks
Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Blood Tribute
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 10,625 decks
Power Artifact + Grim Monolith
Stays4 of 11Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 4 mana · 9,966 decks
Kami of Whispered Hopes + Freed from the Real
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 9,939 decks
Enduring Tenacity + Revival // Revenge
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 9,600 decks
Fury Storm + Storm-Kiln Artist
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 9,600 decks
Pili-Pala + Grand Architect
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 9,400 decks
Leveler + Laboratory Maniac
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 8 mana · 9,101 decks
Marrow-Gnawer + Thornbite Staff
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 9,047 decks
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Faeburrow Elder
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 8,951 decks
Grim Monolith + Nyxbloom Ancient
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 8,687 decks
Narset, Parter of Veils + Teferi's Puzzle Box
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 8,390 decks
Dina, Soul Steeper + Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 7,742 decks
Peregrine Drake + Lilysplash Mentor
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +2 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 7,349 decks
Staff of Domination + Gyre Sage
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 7,055 decks
The Red Terror + Shalai and Hallar
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 6,807 decks
Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Rush of Dread
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 6,678 decks
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Druids' Repository
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 6,650 decks
Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Displace
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 6,628 decks
Mechanized Production + Masterful Replication
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 10 mana · 6,226 decks
Kami of Whispered Hopes + Pemmin's Aura
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 6,203 decks
Drannith Magistrate + Knowledge Pool
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 6,119 decks
How points add up
- Speed, by total mana until it works (both cards plus what running it costs): 4 or less +4, 5 or 6 +3, 7 or 8 +2, 9 or 10 +1.
- What it produces: +3 if it decides the game, if it makes infinite creature tokens, or if half of the verifier lists that include it already include a way to finish it; +2 for infinite mana or infinite creature deaths or enters; +1 for any other infinite that needs a third card.
- Setup: −1 if it needs something else on the battlefield, a card in the graveyard or a special state.
- Tournament wins, with 30 decks or more: +2 if it wins 1.15 times the norm or more, +1 if 1.05, −1 if 0.85 or less. Multiplayer uses cEDH; 1v1 uses Duel Commander.
- 1v1 only: +1 if it wins by an alternate win condition or mills an opponent’s library.
Scores calculated on October 29, 2026 with Commander Spellbook and Scryfall. Tournament data: TopDeck.gg and MTGTop8.