Alaborn Veteran 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
: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Activate only during your turn, before attackers are declared.
How it works : Alaborn Veteran
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a turn has multiple combat phases, the ability can only be activated before the beginning of the declare attackers step of the first combat phase in that turn.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Necrotic Ooze + Alaborn Veteran + Cinderhaze Wretch
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
- 1During your precombat main phase, activate Necrotic Ooze using Alaborn Veteran's ability by tapping it, giving it +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze using Cinderhaze Wretch's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
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#2
Necrotic Ooze + Alaborn Veteran + Devoted Druid
Infinite green manaInfinitely large creature until end of turn
- 1During your precombat main phase, activate Necrotic Ooze using Alaborn Veteran's ability by tapping it, giving it +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze using Devoted Druid's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
- 4Once Necrotic Ooze has infinite toughness, you may instead use Devoted Druid's first ability to get infinite green mana.
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#3
Necrotic Ooze + Alaborn Veteran + Barrenton Medic
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
- 1During your precombat main phase, activate Necrotic Ooze using Alaborn Veteran's ability by tapping it, giving it +2/+2 until end of turn.
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze using Barrenton Medic's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpredhtlr
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