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.
Breath of Fury + Daring Piracy
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,044 decks
Iname, Death Aspect + Mortal Combat
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 10 mana · 969 decks
Jace, Cunning Castaway + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 965 decks
Heartless Hidetsugu + Phyresis
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 935 decks
Grim Monolith + Mana Reflection
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 932 decks
Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Splinter Twin
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 923 decks
Breath of Fury + Splinter Twin
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 923 decks
Sage of the Maze + Freed from the Real
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 922 decks
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Fatestitcher
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 893 decks
Vigean Graftmage + Faeburrow Elder
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 868 decks
Yarok, the Desecrated + Palinchron
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 859 decks
Breath of Fury + Rootha, Mastering the Moment
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 853 decks
Umbral Mantle + Deathbloom Ritualist
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 846 decks
Bigger on the Inside + Staff of Domination
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 845 decks
Screams from Within + Knight of Doves
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 845 decks
Arcane Adaptation + Turntimber Ranger
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 807 decks
Pili-Pala + Careful Cultivation
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 802 decks
Pemmin's Aura + Krosan Restorer
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 758 decks
Near-Death Experience + Doom Whisperer
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 10 mana · 674 decks
Sage of the Maze + Pemmin's Aura
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 658 decks
Midnight Guard + Splinter Twin
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 651 decks
Molten Echoes + Felidar Guardian
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 637 decks
Linvala, Keeper of Silence + Nature's Revolt
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 598 decks
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Quantum Misalignment
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 575 decks
Splinter Twin + Intruder Alarm
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 571 decks
Bootleggers' Stash + Time Sieve
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 558 decks
Aggravated Assault + Kamahl's Will
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 550 decks
Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Quantum Misalignment
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 520 decks
Felidar Guardian + Flameshadow Conjuring
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 509 decks
Umbral Mantle + Alena, Kessig Trapper
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 502 decks
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Keen Sense
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 500 decks
Sharuum the Hegemon + Copy Artifact
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 473 decks
Biovisionary + Infinite Reflection
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 9 mana · 465 decks
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Sparring Mummy
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 456 decks
Laboratory Maniac + Phyrexian Devourer
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 9 mana · 446 decks
Biovisionary + March from Velis Vel
Stays4 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 9 mana · 431 decks
Umbral Mantle + Selvala, Eager Trailblazer
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 409 decks
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds + Zealous Conscripts
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 403 decks
Xerex Strobe-Knight + Intruder Alarm
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 399 decks
Vigean Graftmage + Krosan Restorer
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 398 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.