Against All Odds 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
Choose one or both — • Exile target artifact or creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. • Return target artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
How it works : Against All Odds
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Preston, the Vanisher + Against All Odds + Felidar Guardian
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost, blinking Felidar Guardian.
- 2Felidar Guardian and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Felidar Guardian trigger, blinking another permanent you control.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Felidar Guardian that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the Felidar Guardian token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Felidar Guardian.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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#2
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Against All Odds + Archaeomancer
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Archaeomancer and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Archaeomancer trigger.
- 4Resolve the Archaeomancer trigger, returning Against All Odds from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Against All Odds.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Archaeomancer and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#3
Against All Odds + Dualcaster Mage
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersReturn all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, copying Against All Odds, with the copy targeting Dualcaster Mage.
- 4Resolve the copy of Against All Odds, blinking Dualcaster Mage.
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#4
Preston, the Vanisher + Against All Odds + Wispweaver Angel
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite blinking
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost, blinking Wispweaver Angel.
- 2Wispweaver Angel and Preston trigger.
- 3Resolve the Wispweaver Angel trigger, blinking another creature you control.
- 4Resolve the Preston trigger, creating a token copy of Wispweaver Angel that is a 0/1 Illusion.
- 5When the Wispweaver Angel token enters the battlefield, it triggers, blinking the nontoken Wispweaver Angel.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Against All Odds + Eternal Witness
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Eternal Witness and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Eternal Witness trigger.
- 4Resolve the Eternal Witness trigger, returning Against All Odds from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Against All Odds.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Eternal Witness and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#6
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Against All Odds + Mnemonic Wall
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Mnemonic Wall and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Mnemonic Wall trigger.
- 4Resolve the Mnemonic Wall trigger, returning Against All Odds from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Against All Odds.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Mnemonic Wall and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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#7
Against All Odds + Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersReturn all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, copying Against All Odds, with the copy targeting Naru Meha.
- 4Resolve the copy of Against All Odds, blinking Naru Meha.
- 5Repeat from step 3.
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#8
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward + Against All Odds + Ardent Elementalist
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Cast Against All Odds by paying its mana cost, blinking Abdel Adrian.
- 2Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, returning Ardent Elementalist and all other cards that were exiled with it to the battlefield.
- 3Abdel Adrian and Ardent Elementalist trigger.
- 4Resolve the Ardent Elementalist trigger, returning Against All Odds from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Holding priority, activate any number of nonland permanents you control by tapping them, adding at least enough mana to cast Against All Odds.
- 6Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, exiling Ardent Elementalist and the mana-producing permanents until Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token for each permanent exiled this way.
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
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