Bioshift 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
Move any number of +1/+1 counters from target creature onto another target creature with the same controller.
How it works : Bioshift
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
To move a counter from one creature to another, the counter is removed from the first creature and placed on the second. Any abilities that care about a counter being removed or placed on a creature will apply.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You decide how many counters to move when Bioshift resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If one of the two creatures is an illegal target when Bioshift tries to resolve, or if the creatures are controlled by different players at that time, no counters will move.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Scute Mob + Bioshift + Sage of Hours + Isochron Scepter
- 1Activate Isochron Scepter by tapping it and paying
, casting a copy of Bioshift without paying its mana cost, targeting Scute Mob and Sage of Hours. - 2Sage of Hours triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
- 3Resolve the Bioshift copy, moving four +1/+1 counters from Scute Mob onto Sage of Hours.
- 4Activate Sage of Hours by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, generating an extra turn after this one.
- 5At the beginning of your extra turn's upkeep, Scute Mob triggers, putting four +1/+1 counters on itself.
- 6Repeat.
Hallar, the Firefletcher + Phyrexian Devourer + Bioshift
- 1Activate Phyrexian Devourer by paying
, exling the top card of your library and putting a number of +1/+1 counters on Phyrexian Devourer equal to that card's mana value. - 2If Phyrexian Devourer's power becomes seven or greater this way, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, repeat from step 1 until you have an empty library.
- 4With the Phyrexian Devourer triggers on the stack, cast Bioshift by paying
, moving all +1/+1 counters from Phyrexian Devourer onto Hallar. - 5Resolve all Phyrexian Devourer triggers from step 2, causing you to sacrifice it.
- 6Cast any kicker or multikicker spell with kicker by paying its mana cost plus its kicker cost.
- 7Hallar triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself, then dealing damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each opponent.
Sage of Hours + Isochron Scepter + Bioshift + Workshop Elders
- 1At the beginning of your upkeep, Tamiyo's Journal triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
- 2At the beginning of your combat phase, Workshop Elders triggers, causing the Clue to become a 0/0 artifact creature token and putting four +1/+1 counters on it.
- 3Activate Isochron Scepter by paying and tapping it, casting a copy of Bioshift without paying its mana cost, targeting the Clue that has +1/+1 counters on it and Sage of Hours.
- 4Sage of Hours triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
- 5Resolve Bioshift, moving the four +1/+1 counters from the Clue onto Sage of Hours.
- 6The Clue dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 7Activate Sage of Hours by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, causing you to take at least one extra turn after this one.
- 8Repeat each turn.
Hallar, the Firefletcher + Body of Research + Bioshift
- 1Cast Body of Research by paying
, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size. - 2Cast Bioshift by paying , moving all +1/+1 counters from the Fractal onto Hallar.
- 3The Fractal dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
- 4Cast any kicker or multikicker spell with kicker by paying its mana cost plus its kicker cost.
- 5Hallar triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself, then dealing damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to each opponent.
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