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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.

  • Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Snake Umbra

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 737 decks

  • Staff of Domination + Alena, Kessig Trapper

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 714 decks

  • Staff of Domination + Accomplished Alchemist

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 685 decks

  • Pitiless Plunderer + March of the Machines

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 680 decks

  • Near-Death Experience + Doom Whisperer

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 674 decks

  • Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch + Capture of Jingzhou

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 667 decks

  • Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant + Virtus the Veiled

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 640 decks

  • Mana Severance + Goblin Charbelcher

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 619 decks

  • Edea, Possessed Sorceress + Breath of Fury

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 606 decks

  • Tidewater Minion + Illusionist's Bracers

    Would leave
    3 of 10

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

  • Boros Reckoner + Take Up the Shield

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 582 decks

  • Marrow-Gnawer + Intruder Alarm

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 563 decks

  • Molten Echoes + Wanderwine Prophets

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 551 decks

  • Deathbloom Ritualist + Freed from the Real

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 530 decks

  • Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Stridehangar Automaton

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 520 decks

  • Heartless Hidetsugu + Bitter Feud

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 511 decks

  • Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Great Oak Guardian

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed 0 · What it produces +3 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 11 mana · 481 decks

  • Biovisionary + Infinite Reflection

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 465 decks

  • Feldon of the Third Path + Timestream Navigator

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 462 decks

  • Astarion, the Decadent + Virtus the Veiled

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 451 decks

  • Pili-Pala + Bigger on the Inside

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 446 decks

  • Laboratory Maniac + Phyrexian Devourer

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 446 decks

  • Biovisionary + March from Velis Vel

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 431 decks

  • Tooth and Claw + Anointed Procession

    Would leave
    3 of 10

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

  • The Watcher in the Water + Sage of the Falls

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 389 decks

  • Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Snake Umbra

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 389 decks

  • Tooth and Claw + Doubling Season

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 385 decks

  • Basking Broodscale + Battle of Hoover Dam

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 379 decks

  • Filigree Sages + Timeless Lotus

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 370 decks

  • Jegantha, the Wellspring + Pemmin's Aura

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 354 decks

  • Ad Nauseam + Gideon of the Trials

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +3 · What it produces +1 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 5 mana · 348 decks

  • Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki + Timestream Navigator

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 336 decks

  • Filigree Sages + Nyx Lotus

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 8 mana · 318 decks

  • Intruder Alarm + Bloodline Keeper // Lord of Lineage

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 305 decks

  • Selvala, Eager Trailblazer + Freed from the Real

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 299 decks

  • Sword of the Paruns + Metalworker

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 294 decks

  • Tooth and Claw + Primal Vigor

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +2 · Setup 0 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 292 decks

  • Sword of the Paruns + Heronblade Elite

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +2 · What it produces +2 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 7 mana · 290 decks

  • Talon of Pain + All Will Be One

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 9 mana · 290 decks

  • Sandstorm Crasher + Aurelia, the Warleader

    Would leave
    3 of 10

    Speed +1 · What it produces +3 · Setup −1 · Wins 0 · Works with 10 mana · 289 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.