Aven Eternal 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
Flying When this creature enters, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
How it works : Aven Eternal
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
To amass Zombies N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Amass Orcs works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
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- #4· Wizards of the Coast
In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Zombies, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If you don't control an Army, the Zombie Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
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- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Wall of Roots + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Cast Aven Eternal by paying its mana cost; it enters with a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 2When Aven Eternal enters, it triggers, creating a 0/0 creature token with a +1/+1 counter on it as well as a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 3Declare that you are activating Tayam's ability, so state-based actions will not be checked until the ability is activated.
- 4While paying that ability's cost, activate the creature token using the Wall of Roots mana ability from Agatha's Soul Cauldron by putting a -0/-1 counter on it, adding
. - 5Complete the activation by paying
and removing a vigilance counter from each of the two creatures and a -0/-1 counter from the Army token. - 6Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar twice by sacrificing Aven Eternal and the creature token, adding two mana.
- 7Resolve Tayam's ability, milling three and returning Aven Eternal from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Wall of Roots + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Thermopod
- 1Cast Aven Eternal by paying its mana cost; it enters with a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 2When Aven Eternal enters, it triggers, creating a 0/0 creature token with a +1/+1 counter on it as well as a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 3Declare that you are activating Tayam's ability, so state-based actions will not be checked until the ability is activated.
- 4While paying that ability's cost, activate the creature token using the Wall of Roots mana ability from Agatha's Soul Cauldron by putting a -0/-1 counter on it, adding .
- 5Complete the activation by paying and removing a vigilance counter from each of the two creatures and a -0/-1 counter from the Army token.
- 6Holding priority, activate Thermopod twice by sacrificing Aven Eternal and the creature token, adding two mana.
- 7Resolve Tayam's ability, milling three and returning Aven Eternal from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Wall of Roots + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Aven Eternal by paying its mana cost; it enters with a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 2When Aven Eternal enters, it triggers, creating a 0/0 creature token with a +1/+1 counter on it as well as a vigilance counter due to Tayam.
- 3Declare that you are activating Tayam's ability, so state-based actions will not be checked until the ability is activated.
- 4While paying that ability's cost, activate the creature token using the Wall of Roots mana ability from Agatha's Soul Cauldron by putting a -0/-1 counter on it, adding .
- 5Complete the activation by paying and removing a vigilance counter from each of the two creatures and a -0/-1 counter from the Army token.
- 6Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing Aven Eternal and the creature token, adding
. - 7Resolve Tayam's ability, milling three and returning Aven Eternal from your graveyard to the battlefield with a vigilance counter on it.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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