Black Lotus 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
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add three mana of any one color.
How it works : Black Lotus
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Clone + Black Lotus + Animate Dead
- 1Cast Black Lotus from your graveyard using Muldrotha by paying
.
- 2Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any one color.
- 3Cast Clone by paying
, causing it to enter as a copy of Muldrotha.
- 4Put the original Muldrotha into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 5Cast Black Lotus from your graveyard using the new Muldrotha by paying
.
- 6Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any one color.
- 7Cast Animate Dead by paying
.
- 8When Animate Dead enters, it triggers, returning Muldrotha from your graveyard to the battlefield with Animate Dead attached to it.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Displacer Kitten + Black Lotus + Hit It!
- 1Activate Emry by tapping it, allowing you to cast Black Lotus from your graveyard.
- 2Cast Black Lotus by paying
.
- 3Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Emry.
- 4When Emry enters, it triggers, causing you to mill four cards.
- 5Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it.
- 6Repeat.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Displacer Kitten + Black Lotus + Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
- 1Activate Emry by tapping it, allowing you to cast Black Lotus from your graveyard.
- 2Cast Black Lotus by paying
.
- 3Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Emry.
- 4When Emry enters, it triggers, causing you to mill four cards.
- 5Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it.
- 6Repeat.
Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Black Lotus + Animate Dead + Deceptive Frostkite
- 1Cast Black Lotus from your graveyard using Muldrotha by paying
.
- 2Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any one color.
- 3Cast Deceptive Frostike by paying
, causing it to enter with flying as a Dragon copy of Muldrotha.
- 4Put the original Muldrotha into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 5Cast Black Lotus from your graveyard using the new Muldrotha by paying
.
- 6Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any one color.
- 7Cast Animate Dead by paying
.
- 8When Animate Dead enters, it triggers, returning Muldrotha from your graveyard to the battlefield with Animate Dead attached to it.
Delivery Moogle + Displacer Kitten + Jeweled Lotus + Black Lotus
- 1Cast the artifact in your hand by paying its mana cost.
- 2Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Delivery Moogle.
- 3When Delivery Moogle enters, it triggers, searching your library or graveyard for the other artifact and putting it into your hand.
- 4Activate the artifact cast in step 1 by sacrificing it.
- 5Repeat.
Muldrotha, the Gravetide + Flesh Duplicate + Black Lotus + Animate Dead
- 1Cast Black Lotus from your graveyard using Muldrotha by paying
.
- 2Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any one color.
- 3Cast Flesh Duplicate by paying
, causing it to enter with vanishing 3 as a copy of Muldrotha.
- 4Put the original Muldrotha into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 5Cast Black Lotus from your graveyard using the new Muldrotha by paying
.
- 6Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it, adding three mana of any one color.
- 7Cast Animate Dead by paying
.
- 8When Animate Dead enters, it triggers, returning Muldrotha from your graveyard to the battlefield with Animate Dead attached to it.
Delivery Moogle + Displacer Kitten + Welding Jar + Black Lotus
- 1Cast the artifact in your hand by paying its mana cost.
- 2Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Delivery Moogle.
- 3When Delivery Moogle enters, it triggers, searching your library or graveyard for the other artifact and putting it into your hand.
- 4Activate the artifact cast in step 1 by sacrificing it.
- 5Repeat.
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle + Scrap Trawler + Black Lotus + Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
- 1Cast Black Lotus by paying its mana cost.
- 2Teshar triggers, returning Scrap Trawler from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Activate Black Lotus by tapping and sacrificing it.
- 4Activate Hammerhead by sacrificing Scrap Trawler.
- 5When Scrap Trawler dies, it triggers, returning Black Lotus from your graveyard to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Hammerhead ability.
- 7Repeat.
Interactions with other cards
These cards' text mentions Black Lotus.

{T}: Choose a card name that hasn't been chosen from among Disenchant, Braingeyser, Terror, Shivan Dragon, Regrowth, and Black Lotus. Create a copy of the card with the chosen name. You may cast the copy. (You still pay its costs.)

+2: Arzakon deals 3 damage to any other target. −3: Create a Black Lotus token. (It's a {0} artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add three mana of any one color.") −7: Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Arzakon can be your commander.
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