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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
BannedAllowed1v1MULTI

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 + Lagomos, Hand of Hatred

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,924 decks

  • Teferi, Time Raveler + Omen Machine

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,906 decks

  • Secret Arcade // Dusty Parlor + Ajani's Chosen

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,890 decks

  • Ad Nauseam + Flare of Fortitude

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 1,738 decks

  • Staff of Domination + Heronblade Elite

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 1,651 decks

  • Opalescence + Parallax Wave

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,599 decks

  • Divining Witch + Laboratory Maniac

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,568 decks

  • Alena, Kessig Trapper + Aggravated Assault

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,555 decks

  • Dualcaster Mage + Illusionist's Stratagem

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,452 decks

  • Splinter Twin + Thornbite Staff

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 1,437 decks

  • Intruder Alarm + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,387 decks

  • Sandstorm Crasher + Combat Celebrant

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,340 decks

  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Irenicus's Vile Duplication

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,262 decks

  • Keen Sense + Niv-Mizzet, Parun

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,243 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Siege-Gang Lieutenant

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,195 decks

  • Freed from the Real + Krosan Restorer

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 1,176 decks

  • March of the Machines + Mycosynth Lattice

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,163 decks

  • Vigean Graftmage + Bloom Tender

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 1,108 decks

  • Sword of the Paruns + Gyre Sage

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 1,101 decks

  • Basking Broodscale + Ghost Lantern // Bind Spirit

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 1,092 decks

  • Biovisionary + Augmenter Pugilist // Echoing Equation

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,068 decks

  • Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Mirror of Fate

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,067 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Daring Piracy

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,044 decks

  • Jace, Cunning Castaway + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 965 decks

  • Heartless Hidetsugu + Phyresis

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 935 decks

  • Grim Monolith + Mana Reflection

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 932 decks

  • Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Splinter Twin

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 923 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Splinter Twin

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 923 decks

  • Sage of the Maze + Freed from the Real

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 922 decks

  • Biovisionary + Sakashima's Will

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 916 decks

  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Fatestitcher

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 893 decks

  • Vigean Graftmage + Faeburrow Elder

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 868 decks

  • Yarok, the Desecrated + Palinchron

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 859 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Rootha, Mastering the Moment

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 853 decks

  • Umbral Mantle + Deathbloom Ritualist

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 846 decks

  • Bigger on the Inside + Staff of Domination

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 845 decks

  • Screams from Within + Knight of Doves

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 845 decks

  • Arcane Adaptation + Turntimber Ranger

    Stays
    4 of 10

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

  • Pili-Pala + Careful Cultivation

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 802 decks

  • Divining Witch + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

    Stays
    4 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 782 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.