Anikthea, Hand of Erebos 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
Menace Other enchantment creatures you control have menace. Whenever Anikthea enters or attacks, exile up to one target non-Aura enchantment card from your graveyard. Create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 3/3 black Zombie creature in addition to its other types.
How it works : Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The token is a Zombie creature in addition to its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 3/3. These are copiable values of the tokens that other effects may copy.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the copied card has
in its mana cost, X is 0.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
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
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Three Blind Mice + Doubling Season
Infinite copies of tokens you controlInfinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite copies of a specific enchantment
- 1Cast Anikthea either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
and commander tax, if applicable. - 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Three Blind Mice from your graveyard and creating two token copies of it that are 3/3 Zombies in addition to their other types.
- 3The Three Blind Mice tokens enter the battlefield with two lore counters on them due to Doubling Season, triggering their first and second chapter abilities.
- 4Resolve the first Three Blind Mice triggers, creating four 1/1 Mouse creature tokens.
- 5Resolve the next Three Blind Mice trigger, creating two token copies of a Three Blind Mice token.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
- 7Once you have infinite Three Blind Mice triggers, you may use them to copy any token(s) you control.
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Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Three Blind Mice + Barbara Wright
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite copies of a specific enchantment
- 1Cast Anikthea either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Three Blind Mice from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it that is a 3/3 Zombie in addition to their other types.
- 3The Three Blind Mice token enter the battlefield with two lore counters on them due to its read-ahead ability, creating a token copy of the Three Blind Mice token.
- 4Repeat step 3.
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Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Three Blind Mice + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite copies of a specific enchantment
- 1Cast Anikthea either from your hand or from the command zone by paying and commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it triggers, exiling Three Blind Mice from your graveyard and creating a token copy of it that is a 3/3 Zombie in addition to its other types.
- 3The Three Blind Mice token enters the battlefield with two lore counters on it due to Vorinclex, triggering its first and second chapter abilities.
- 4Resolve the first Three Blind Mice trigger, creating a 1/1 Mouse creature token.
- 5Resolve the second Three Blind Mice trigger, creating a token copy of the Three Blind Mice token.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Oblivion Ring + Life Finds a Way + Parallel Lives
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Anikthea from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
- 3Resolve the Anikthea trigger, exiling Oblivion Ring from your graveyard and creating two token copies of it that are 3/3 Zombies.
- 4When the Oblivion Ring tokens enter the battlefield, their first abilities trigger.
- 5Resolve the first Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling Anikthea until the Oblivion Ring token leaves the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the second Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling the first Oblivion Ring token.
- 7When the first Oblivion Ring token is exiled, Anikthea returns to the battlefield from exile.
- 8When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
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Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Oblivion Ring + Life Finds a Way + Doubling Season
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Anikthea from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
- 3Resolve the Anikthea trigger, exiling Oblivion Ring from your graveyard and creating two token copies of it that are 3/3 Zombies.
- 4When the Oblivion Ring tokens enter the battlefield, their first abilities trigger.
- 5Resolve the first Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling Anikthea until the Oblivion Ring token leaves the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the second Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling the first Oblivion Ring token.
- 7When the first Oblivion Ring token is exiled, Anikthea returns to the battlefield from exile.
- 8When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
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Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Oblivion Ring + Life Finds a Way + Anointed Procession
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Anikthea from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
- 3Resolve the Anikthea trigger, exiling Oblivion Ring from your graveyard and creating two token copies of it that are 3/3 Zombies.
- 4When the Oblivion Ring tokens enter the battlefield, their first abilities trigger.
- 5Resolve the first Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling Anikthea until the Oblivion Ring token leaves the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the second Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling the first Oblivion Ring token.
- 7When the first Oblivion Ring token is exiled, Anikthea returns to the battlefield from exile.
- 8When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
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Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Oblivion Ring + Life Finds a Way + Primal Vigor
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Anikthea from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
- 3Resolve the Anikthea trigger, exiling Oblivion Ring from your graveyard and creating two token copies of it that are 3/3 Zombies.
- 4When the Oblivion Ring tokens enter the battlefield, their first abilities trigger.
- 5Resolve the first Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling Anikthea until the Oblivion Ring token leaves the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the second Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling the first Oblivion Ring token.
- 7When the first Oblivion Ring token is exiled, Anikthea returns to the battlefield from exile.
- 8When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
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#8
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos + Oblivion Ring + Life Finds a Way + Ojer Taq, Deepest Foundation // Temple of Civilization
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Anikthea from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 2When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
- 3Resolve the Anikthea trigger, exiling Oblivion Ring from your graveyard and creating three token copies of it that are 3/3 Zombies.
- 4When the Oblivion Ring tokens enter the battlefield, their first abilities trigger.
- 5Resolve the first Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling Anikthea until the Oblivion Ring token leaves the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the second Oblivion Ring trigger, exiling the first Oblivion Ring token.
- 7When the first Oblivion Ring token is exiled, Anikthea returns to the battlefield from exile.
- 8When Anikthea enters the battlefield, it and Life Finds a Way trigger.
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Legal formats
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