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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.

  • Dualcaster Mage + Molten Duplication

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 51,237 decks

  • Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Basalt Monolith

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 46,905 decks

  • Food Chain + Squee, the Immortal

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 36,100 decks

  • Blowfly Infestation + Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 33,675 decks

  • Dualcaster Mage + Electroduplicate

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 28,488 decks

  • Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 27,429 decks

  • Bruvac the Grandiloquent + Traumatize

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 25,864 decks

  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Basking Broodscale

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 23,981 decks

  • Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator + Glint-Horn Buccaneer

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 22,731 decks

  • Umbral Mantle + Priest of Titania

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 22,390 decks

  • Professor Onyx + Chain of Smog

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 22,286 decks

  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Scurry Oak

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 6 mana · 19,112 decks

  • Devoted Druid + Swift Reconfiguration

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 3 mana · 18,973 decks

  • Hazel's Brewmaster + Devoted Druid

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 4 mana · 18,595 decks

  • Dualcaster Mage + Ghostly Flicker

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 17,725 decks

  • Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins −1 · Works with 4 mana · 14,645 decks

  • Bloom Tender + Pemmin's Aura

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Works with 5 mana · 14,432 decks

  • Rionya, Fire Dancer + Combat Celebrant

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 14,385 decks

  • Incubation Druid + Freed from the Real

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Works with 5 mana · 13,874 decks

  • Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 3 mana · 12,614 decks

  • Guilty Conscience + Phyrexian Vindicator

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 11,639 decks

  • Basalt Monolith + Mesmeric Orb

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 5 mana · 10,060 decks

  • Sedgemoor Witch + Chain of Smog

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 5 mana · 9,683 decks

  • Scurry Oak + Cathars' Crusade

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 9,623 decks

  • Sanctum Weaver + Freed from the Real

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins +1 · Works with 5 mana · 9,292 decks

  • Worldgorger Dragon + Necromancy

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 3 mana · 8,936 decks

  • Rosie Cotton of South Lane + Herd Baloth

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 8,881 decks

  • Acererak the Archlich + Rooftop Storm

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 8,566 decks

  • Stasis + Smothering Tithe

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 6 mana · 8,374 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Loyal Apprentice

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 8,261 decks

  • Kitsa, Otterball Elite + Dramatic Reversal

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 4 mana · 8,233 decks

  • Maralen of the Mornsong + Opposition Agent

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 6 mana · 8,054 decks

  • Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Devoted Druid

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 7,700 decks

  • Illusionist's Bracers + Aphetto Alchemist

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 4 mana · 7,606 decks

  • Murderous Redcap + Gev, Scaled Scorch

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 2 mana · 7,586 decks

  • Umbral Mantle + Fanatic of Rhonas

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 7,441 decks

  • Dualcaster Mage + Ephemerate

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +4 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins −1 · Works with 4 mana · 7,321 decks

  • Officious Interrogation + Mechanized Production

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 7,312 decks

  • Hermit Druid + Laboratory Maniac

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 7,302 decks

  • Mind Over Matter + The One Ring

    Stays
    5 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins +2 · Works with 10 mana · 7,066 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.