Ambush Commander 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
Forests you control are 1/1 green Elf creatures that are still lands., Sacrifice an Elf: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn.
How it works : Ambush Commander
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its
abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn’t matter how long the permanent has been a creature.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
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Zuran Orb
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggersInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander.
- 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3Resolve the Zuran Orb ability, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander, adding
. - 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3Repeat.
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#3
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Altar of Dementia
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggersInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander.
- 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Sylvan Safekeeper
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Sylvan Safekeeper by sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander.
- 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3Repeat.
- 4Resolve all Sylvan Safekeeper abilities.
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#5
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Blasting Station
Infinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Activate Blasting Station by tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander.
- 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3When the Forest enters the battlefield as a creature due to Ambush Commander, Blasting Station triggers, untapping Blasting Station.
- 4Resolve the Blasting Station ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Repeat.
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#6
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing a nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander, adding one mana of any color.
- 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3Repeat.
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#7
Yedora, Grave Gardener + Ambush Commander + Dissection Tools
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Dissection Tools' equip ability by sacrificing another nontoken Forest, which is a creature due to Ambush Commander, targeting Yedora.
- 2When the Forest dies, Yedora triggers, returning the Forest from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
- 3Resolve the Dissection Tools ability, attaching it to Yedora.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Wirewood Symbiote + Ambush Commander
Infinite creature ETBInfinite landfall triggersInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Activate Ashaya by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Wirewood Symbiote by returning it from the battlefield to your hand, untapping Ashaya.
- 3Cast Wirewood Symbiote by paying .
- 4Repeat.
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Legal formats
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