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.
Krosan Restorer + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,674 decks
Replication Technique + Primal Vigor
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,564 decks
Timestream Navigator + Helm of the Host
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,549 decks
Duke Ulder Ravengard + Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,454 decks
Sword of the Paruns + Kami of Whispered Hopes
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,381 decks
Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Scytheclaw
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,351 decks
Filigree Sages + Empowered Autogenerator
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,219 decks
Replication Technique + Anointed Procession
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,216 decks
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch + Temporal Manipulation
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,184 decks
The One Ring + Meticulous Excavation
Would leave3 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 12 mana · 1,076 decks
Freed from the Real + Argothian Elder
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,056 decks
Fury Storm + Professor Onyx
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,025 decks
Aurelia, the Warleader + The Neutrinos
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,020 decks
Belisarius Cawl + Intruder Alarm
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,015 decks
Freed from the Real + Ley Weaver
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,007 decks
Lonis, Genetics Expert + Yotian Dissident
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 1,005 decks
Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Food Chain
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 962 decks
Beifong's Bounty Hunters + Pawn of Ulamog
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 960 decks
Sharuum the Hegemon + Machine God's Effigy
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 946 decks
Lonis, Genetics Expert + Rosie Cotton of South Lane
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 944 decks
Breath of Fury + Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 936 decks
Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance + Timestream Navigator
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 916 decks
Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher + Staff of Domination
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 887 decks
Pemmin's Aura + Argothian Elder
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 824 decks
Sword of the Paruns + Viridian Joiner
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 822 decks
Pemmin's Aura + Ley Weaver
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 811 decks
Murderous Redcap + Cathars' Crusade
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 810 decks
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir + Omen Machine
Would leave3 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 11 mana · 795 decks
Weaver of Harmony + Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 789 decks
Goldspan Dragon + Crown of Flames
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces 0 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 6 mana · 760 decks
Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Snake Umbra
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 737 decks
Staff of Domination + Alena, Kessig Trapper
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 714 decks
Staff of Domination + Accomplished Alchemist
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 685 decks
Pitiless Plunderer + March of the Machines
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 680 decks
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch + Capture of Jingzhou
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 667 decks
Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant + Virtus the Veiled
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 640 decks
Mana Severance + Goblin Charbelcher
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 619 decks
Edea, Possessed Sorceress + Breath of Fury
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 606 decks
Tidewater Minion + Illusionist's Bracers
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 586 decks
Boros Reckoner + Take Up the Shield
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 582 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.