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.
Marrow-Gnawer + Intruder Alarm
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 563 decks
Molten Echoes + Wanderwine Prophets
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 551 decks
Deathbloom Ritualist + Freed from the Real
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 530 decks
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Stridehangar Automaton
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 520 decks
Heartless Hidetsugu + Bitter Feud
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 511 decks
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Great Oak Guardian
Would leave3 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 11 mana · 481 decks
Feldon of the Third Path + Timestream Navigator
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 462 decks
Astarion, the Decadent + Virtus the Veiled
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 451 decks
Pili-Pala + Bigger on the Inside
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 446 decks
Tooth and Claw + Anointed Procession
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 390 decks
The Watcher in the Water + Sage of the Falls
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 389 decks
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Snake Umbra
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 389 decks
Tooth and Claw + Doubling Season
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 385 decks
Basking Broodscale + Battle of Hoover Dam
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 379 decks
Filigree Sages + Timeless Lotus
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 370 decks
Jegantha, the Wellspring + Pemmin's Aura
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 354 decks
Ad Nauseam + Gideon of the Trials
Would leave3 of 11Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 5 mana · 348 decks
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki + Timestream Navigator
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 336 decks
Filigree Sages + Nyx Lotus
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 318 decks
Intruder Alarm + Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 305 decks
Selvala, Eager Trailblazer + Freed from the Real
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 299 decks
Sword of the Paruns + Metalworker
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 294 decks
Tooth and Claw + Primal Vigor
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 292 decks
Sword of the Paruns + Heronblade Elite
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 290 decks
Talon of Pain + All Will Be One
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 290 decks
Sandstorm Crasher + Aurelia, the Warleader
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 289 decks
Massacre Wurm + Nature's Revolt
Would leave3 of 11Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 11 mana · 266 decks
Chain of Smog + Witherbloom Pledgemage
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +1 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 264 decks
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Starving Revenant
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 262 decks
Accomplished Alchemist + Freed from the Real
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 252 decks
Conspiracy + Turntimber Ranger
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 236 decks
Timestream Navigator + Endless Evil
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 229 decks
Deathbloom Ritualist + Pemmin's Aura
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 8 mana · 229 decks
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Petravark
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 9 mana · 224 decks
Timestream Navigator + Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 222 decks
Murderous Redcap + Master Chef
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 211 decks
Dual Casting + Traitorous Greed
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 211 decks
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds + Gauntlets of Light
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 199 decks
Ad Nauseam + Soul Echo
Would leave3 of 11Speed +2 · What it produces +1 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 7 mana · 193 decks
Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch + Walk the Aeons
Would leave3 of 11Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Single opponent 0 · Works with 10 mana · 183 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.