Aatchik, Emerald Radian is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
When Aatchik enters, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard. Whenever another Insect you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Aatchik. Each opponent loses 1 life.
How it works : Aatchik, Emerald Radian
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a card in your graveyard is an artifact creature card, count it only once when determining how many Insect tokens to create for Aatchik’s first ability.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Aatchik is dealt lethal damage at the same time as another Insect you control, Aatchik’s last ability will still trigger, causing each opponent to lose 1 life, but Aatchik won’t get a +1/+1 counter in time to save it.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Aatchik, Emerald Radian + Phyrexian Altar + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Aatchik either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
plus commander tax, if applicable. - 2When Aatchik enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar eight times by sacrificing eight Insects, adding
. - 4When the Insects die, Aatchik's second ability triggers eight times, putting eight +1/+1 counters on Aatchik and causing each opponent to lose 8 life.
- 5Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying
, returning Aatchik from the battlefield to your hand. - 6Repeat.
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Aatchik, Emerald Radian + Esix, Fractal Bloom
Near-infinite creature tokensNear-infinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Aatchik by paying .
- 2When Aatchik enters, its first ability triggers, and Esix allows you to create a token copy of Aatchik for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
- 3Put all but one copy of Aatchik into the graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 4When each Aatchik token enters, its first ability triggers, and when each Aatchik dies, the last ability of each other Aatchik triggers.
- 5Resolve all of the death trigger abilities, causing each opponent to lose 1 life each time and (for the surviving Aatchik's triggers only) putting a +1/+1 counter onto Aatchik.
- 6If any opponents remain alive, resolve all of the enter trigger abilities, each time creating a 1/1 Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
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#3
Aatchik, Emerald Radian + Phyrexian Altar + Cloudstone Curio
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Aatchik either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Aatchik enters the battlefield, its first ability and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand.
- 4Resolve the Aatchik trigger, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
- 5When the Insects enter the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers that many times.
- 6Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar six times by sacrificing six Insects, adding .
- 7When the Insects die, Aatchik's second ability triggers six times, putting six +1/+1 counters on Aatchik and causing each opponent to lose 6 life.
- 8Resolve the Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Aatchik from the battlefield to your hand with the first trigger and returning nothing to your hand with each subsequent trigger.
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#4
Aatchik, Emerald Radian + Earthcraft + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Aatchik either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Aatchik enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
- 3Activate Earthcraft twice by tapping two Insects, untapping a basic Swamp and a basic Forest.
- 4Activate the Swamp and Forest by tapping them, adding .
- 5Repeat from step 3 three additional times.
- 6Activate Temur Sabertooth by paying , returning Aatchik from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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Aatchik, Emerald Radian + Earthcraft + Cloudstone Curio
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Aatchik either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Aatchik enters the battlefield, its first ability and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
- 3Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand.
- 4Resolve the Aatchik trigger, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token for each artifact and/or creature card in your graveyard.
- 5When the Insects enter the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers that many times., returning Aatchik from the battlefield to your hand with the first trigger and returning nothing to your hand with each subsequent trigger.
- 6Activate Earthcraft twice by tapping two Insects, untapping a basic Swamp and a basic Forest.
- 7Activate the Swamp and Forest by tapping them, adding .
- 8Repeat from step 6 two additional times.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduel
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