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.
Murderous Redcap + Zameck Guildmage
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 14 decks
Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf + Pemmin's Aura
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 12 decks
Murderous Redcap + Cayth, Famed Mechanist
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 8 decks
Mirror-Mad Phantasm + Unstable Shapeshifter
Stays4 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 11 mana · 8 decks
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Janjeet Sentry
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 6 decks
Splinter Twin + Teardrop Kami
Stays4 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 5 decks
Crypt Champion + Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4 decks
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds + Breaching Hippocamp
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 2 decks
Crypt Champion + Mirror Image
Stays4 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 2 decks
Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar
Stays5 of 11Speed +4 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 4 mana · 78,898 decks
Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 74,035 decks
Dualcaster Mage + Molten Duplication
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 51,237 decks
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 46,905 decks
Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 36,100 decks
Blowfly Infestation + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 33,675 decks
Dualcaster Mage + Electroduplicate
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 28,488 decks
Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 27,429 decks
Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 23,981 decks
Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Glint-Horn Buccaneer
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 22,731 decks
Umbral Mantle + Priest of Titania
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 22,390 decks
Professor Onyx + Chain of Smog
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 22,286 decks
The Mindskinner + Syr Konrad, the Grim
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 8 mana · 20,354 decks
Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 19,112 decks
Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 17,725 decks
Worldgorger Dragon + Animate Dead
Stays5 of 11Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 2 mana · 15,747 decks
Doomsday + Thassa's Oracle
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 5 mana · 14,610 decks
Bloom Tender + Pemmin's Aura
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 14,432 decks
Rionya, Fire Dancer + Combat Celebrant
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 14,385 decks
Incubation Druid + Freed from the Real
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 13,874 decks
Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements
Stays5 of 11Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 3 mana · 12,614 decks
Guilty Conscience + Phyrexian Vindicator
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 11,639 decks
Hermit Druid + Thassa's Oracle
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 5 mana · 10,398 decks
Sedgemoor Witch + Chain of Smog
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 9,683 decks
Tainted Pact + Laboratory Maniac
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 5 mana · 9,645 decks
Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 9,623 decks
Sanctum Weaver + Freed from the Real
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 9,292 decks
Leveler + Thassa's Oracle
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Single opponent +1 · Works with 7 mana · 9,289 decks
Worldgorger Dragon + Necromancy
Stays5 of 11Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 3 mana · 8,936 decks
Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Herd Baloth
Stays5 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 8,881 decks
Acererak the Archlich + Rooftop Storm
Stays5 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 8,566 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.