Biorganic Carapace 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
When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card for each modified creature you control." (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.) Equip
How it works : Biorganic Carapace
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
An Aura controlled by an opponent does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The number of modified creatures you control is counted at the time the ability resolves, not the time that damage was dealt.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + Strionic Resonator
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Strionic Resonator.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 5 one additional time.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + Adric, Mathematical Genius
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate Adric by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Adric.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 5 two additional times.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + Lithoform Engine
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate Lithoform Engine by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Lithoform Engine.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 5 one additional time.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + Gogo, Master of Mimicry
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate Gogo by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Gogo.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 5 one additional time.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + The Peregrine Dynamo
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate The Peregrine Dynamo by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping The Peregrine Dynamo.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + Abstruse Archaic
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate Abstruse Archaic by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Abstruse Archaic.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
Biorganic Carapace + Mind Over Matter + Tawnos, Urza's Apprentice
- 1Deal combat damage to an opponent using the creature that has Biorganic Carapace attached, triggering it.
- 2Holding priority, activate Tawnos by paying
and tapping it, copying the creature's trigger.
- 3Resolve the copy of the creature's ability, drawing a card for each modified creature you control.
- 4Holding priority, activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Tawnos.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping a mana-producing permanent.
- 6Activate the mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
.
- 7Repeat from step 5 one additional time.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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