Army of the Damned 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.
Official card text
Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Flashback(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
How it works : Army of the Damned
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
"Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Chatterfang, Squirrel General + Epic Struggle + Army of the Damned
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating thirteen 2/2 Zombie and thirteen 1/1 Squirrel creature tokens.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Epic Struggle triggers, causing you to win the game.
Epic Struggle + Army of the Damned + Parallel Lives
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating 26 2/2 Zombie creature tokens.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Epic Struggle triggers, causing you to win the game.
Epic Struggle + Army of the Damned + Doubling Season
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating 26 2/2 Zombie creature tokens.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Epic Struggle triggers, causing you to win the game.
Epic Struggle + Army of the Damned + Primal Vigor
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating 26 2/2 Zombie creature tokens.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Epic Struggle triggers, causing you to win the game.
Mechanized Production + Army of the Damned + Biotransference
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating thirteen 2/2 Zombie creature tokens that are artifacts due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Mechanized Production triggers, creating a token copy of the artifact it is attached to, and causing you to win the game.
Mechanized Production + Army of the Damned + Encroaching Mycosynth
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating thirteen 2/2 Zombie creature tokens that are artifacts due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Mechanized Production triggers, creating a token copy of the artifact it is attached to, and causing you to win the game.
Mechanized Production + Army of the Damned + Mycosynth Lattice
- 1Cast Army of the Damned by paying
, creating thirteen 2/2 Zombie creature tokens that are artifacts due to Mycosynth Lattice.
- 2At the beginning of your next upkeep, Mechanized Production triggers, creating a token copy of the artifact it is attached to, and causing you to win the game.
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