Arcbound Worker 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
Modular 1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. When it dies, you may put its +1/+1 counters on target artifact creature.)
How it works : Arcbound Worker
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If this creature gets enough -1/-1 counters put on it to cause its toughness to be 0 or less (or the damage marked on it to be lethal), modular will put a number of +1/+1 counters on the target artifact creature equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature before it left the battlefield.
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
Arcbound Reclaimer + Mystic Forge + Arcbound Worker + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Arcbound Worker, adding
. - 2Arcbound Worker dies, triggering its modular ability, moving its +1/+1 counters onto Arcbound Reclaimer.
- 3Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Arcbound Worker on top of your library from your graveyard.
- 4Cast Arcbound Worker from the top of your library by paying
. - 5Arcbound Worker enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it due to its modular ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Together Forever + Ashnod's Altar + Arcbound Worker
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creaturesInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Together Forever by paying , targeting Arcbound Worker.
- 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Acrbound Worker, adding .
- 3Arcbound Worker dies, triggering its modular ability and Together Forever.
- 4Resolve the Arcbound Worker trigger, moving its +1/+1 counters onto another artifact creature.
- 5Resolve the Together Forever trigger, returning Arcbound Worker from your graveyard to your hand.
- 6Cast Arcbound Worker by paying , which enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Repeat.
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#3
Arcbound Reclaimer + Mystic Forge + Arcbound Worker + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Arcbound Worker, adding .
- 2Arcbound Worker dies, triggering its modular ability, moving its +1/+1 counters onto Arcbound Reclaimer.
- 3Activate Arcbound Reclaimer by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, putting Arcbound Worker on top of your library from your graveyard.
- 4Cast Arcbound Worker from the top of your library by paying .
- 5Arcbound Worker enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it due to its modular ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#4
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Arcbound Worker
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETB
- 1Kill Arcbound Worker.
- 2When Arcbound Worker dies, its persist ability triggers, returning Arcbound Worker from your graveyard to the battlefield. It will have no counters on it due to its modular ability.
- 3Arcbound Worker dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Urza, Lord High Artificer + Deadeye Navigator + The Ooze + Arcbound Worker
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite tapped artifact tokensInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Arcbound Worker by paying
, blinking it. - 2Arcbound Worker leaves and reenters the battlefield, causing it to enter with a +1/+1 counter due to its modular ability, and triggering The Ooze and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability.
- 3Resolve Deadeye Navigator's trigger, repairing it and Arcbound Worker
- 4Resolve The Ooze's trigger, creating a Mutagen token for each +1/+1 counter that was on Arcbound Worker when it left the battlefield.
- 5Activate Urza's first ability twice by tapping Arcbound Worker and a Mutagen, adding .
- 6Repeat.
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Legal formats
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