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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.

  • Sword of the Paruns + Karametra's Acolyte

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,892 decks

  • Staff of Domination + Bighorner Rancher

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,854 decks

  • Brago, King Eternal + Aurelia, the Warleader

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,854 decks

  • Parallax Wave + Felidar Guardian

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,816 decks

  • Port Razer + Splinter Twin

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,753 decks

  • The Watcher in the Water + Kindred Discovery

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,745 decks

  • Heartless Hidetsugu + Grafted Exoskeleton

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,703 decks

  • Spike Feeder + Light of Promise

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 1,698 decks

  • Staff of Domination + Deathbloom Ritualist

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,683 decks

  • Krosan Restorer + Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,674 decks

  • Replication Technique + Primal Vigor

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,564 decks

  • Timestream Navigator + Helm of the Host

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,549 decks

  • Duke Ulder Ravengard + Éomer, Marshal of Rohan

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,454 decks

  • Sword of the Paruns + Kami of Whispered Hopes

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,381 decks

  • Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Scytheclaw

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,351 decks

  • Filigree Sages + Empowered Autogenerator

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 1,219 decks

  • Replication Technique + Anointed Procession

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,216 decks

  • Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch + Temporal Manipulation

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 1,184 decks

  • The One Ring + Meticulous Excavation

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 12 mana · 1,076 decks

  • Freed from the Real + Argothian Elder

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,056 decks

  • Fury Storm + Professor Onyx

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,025 decks

  • Aurelia, the Warleader + The Neutrinos

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 1,020 decks

  • Belisarius Cawl + Intruder Alarm

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,015 decks

  • Freed from the Real + Ley Weaver

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 1,007 decks

  • Lonis, Genetics Expert + Yotian Dissident

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 1,005 decks

  • Iname, Death Aspect + Mortal Combat

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 969 decks

  • Aeve, Progenitor Ooze + Food Chain

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 962 decks

  • Beifong's Bounty Hunters + Pawn of Ulamog

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 960 decks

  • Sharuum the Hegemon + Machine God's Effigy

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 946 decks

  • Lonis, Genetics Expert + Rosie Cotton of South Lane

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 944 decks

  • Breath of Fury + Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 936 decks

  • Saheeli, the Sun's Brilliance + Timestream Navigator

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 916 decks

  • Vhal, Candlekeep Researcher + Staff of Domination

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 887 decks

  • Pemmin's Aura + Argothian Elder

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 824 decks

  • Sword of the Paruns + Viridian Joiner

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 822 decks

  • Pemmin's Aura + Ley Weaver

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 811 decks

  • Murderous Redcap + Cathars' Crusade

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 810 decks

  • Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir + Omen Machine

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 11 mana · 795 decks

  • Weaver of Harmony + Virtue of Loyalty // Ardenvale Fealty

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 789 decks

  • Goldspan Dragon + Crown of Flames

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces 0 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 6 mana · 760 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.