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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
601
Would leave the list
443
Would join the list
1,237
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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.

  • Power Artifact + Grim Monolith

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Works with 4 mana · 9,966 decks

  • Kami of Whispered Hopes + Freed from the Real

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 9,939 decks

  • Tainted Pact + Laboratory Maniac

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Works with 5 mana · 9,645 decks

  • Enduring Tenacity + Revival // Revenge

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 9,600 decks

  • Fury Storm + Storm-Kiln Artist

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Works with 8 mana · 9,600 decks

  • Pili-Pala + Grand Architect

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 6 mana · 9,400 decks

  • Leveler + Thassa's Oracle

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 7 mana · 9,289 decks

  • Marrow-Gnawer + Thornbite Staff

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 9,047 decks

  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Faeburrow Elder

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Works with 6 mana · 8,951 decks

  • Grim Monolith + Nyxbloom Ancient

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins +1 · Works with 9 mana · 8,687 decks

  • Narset, Parter of Veils + Teferi's Puzzle Box

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 7 mana · 8,390 decks

  • Dina, Soul Steeper + Bloodthirsty Conqueror

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 7,742 decks

  • Peregrine Drake + Lilysplash Mentor

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +2 · Works with 9 mana · 7,349 decks

  • Staff of Domination + Gyre Sage

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 7,055 decks

  • The Red Terror + Shalai and Hallar

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 6,807 decks

  • Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Rush of Dread

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 6,678 decks

  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Druids' Repository

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Works with 6 mana · 6,650 decks

  • Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Displace

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 6,628 decks

  • Leveler + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 6,495 decks

  • Kami of Whispered Hopes + Pemmin's Aura

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 6,203 decks

  • Drannith Magistrate + Knowledge Pool

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 8 mana · 6,119 decks

  • Herd Baloth + Cathars' Crusade

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 5,935 decks

  • Umbral Mantle + Karametra's Acolyte

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 5,893 decks

  • Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion + Aggravated Assault

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 5,846 decks

  • Spike Feeder + Heliod, Sun-Crowned

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 5,829 decks

  • Lavinia, Azorius Renegade + Knowledge Pool

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 8 mana · 5,648 decks

  • Underworld Breach + Path of the Pyromancer

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Works with 7 mana · 5,542 decks

  • Sword of the Paruns + Priest of Titania

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 5,496 decks

  • Faeburrow Elder + Pemmin's Aura

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 5,153 decks

  • Pramikon, Sky Rampart + Spark Double

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 5,098 decks

  • Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Quietus Spike

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,989 decks

  • Tainted Sigil + Aetherflux Reservoir

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,966 decks

  • Dramatic Reversal + Lithoform Engine

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +2 · Works with 9 mana · 4,881 decks

  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Nature's Will

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,842 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Legion Warboss

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,653 decks

  • Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Revival // Revenge

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 4,519 decks

  • Unctus, Grand Metatect + Aphetto Alchemist

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Works with 5 mana · 4,515 decks

  • Combat Celebrant + Splinter Twin

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,412 decks

  • Ondu Spiritdancer + Enchanted Evening

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 4,390 decks

  • Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 4,328 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.