Blue, Loyal Raptor 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
Partner with Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer (When this creature enters, target player may put Owen into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) For each kind of counter on Blue, Loyal Raptor, each other Dinosaur you control enters with a counter of that kind on it.
How it works : Blue, Loyal Raptor
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Blue, Loyal Raptor enters the battlefield with one or more kinds of counters on it at the same time as other Dinosaurs you control, those other Dinosaurs won't get additional counters from Blue, Loyal Raptor's last ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
"Partner with [name]" represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library."
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Blue, Loyal Raptor and Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with green, blue, and/or red in their color identity, but not white or black.
Card named in this ruling
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards (or 58 cards in a Commander Draft game) of your deck are shuffled to become your library.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability or corresponding "partner with" abilities as the game begins. A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional
the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
An effect that checks whether you control your commander is satisfied if you control one or both of your two commanders.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #10· Wizards of the Coast
The triggered ability of the "partner with" keyword still triggers in a Commander game. If your other commander has somehow ended up in your library, you can find it. You can also target another player, whether or not they have that card in their library.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Viscera Seer
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the other Dinosaur.
- 2When the Dinosaur dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a +1/+1 counter on it due to the -1/-1 counter it will gain from Blue.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Repeat.
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Cast the Dinosaur in your hand by paying its mana cost. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Dinosaur.
- 3When the Dinosaur dies, Athreos's second ability triggers, returning the Dinosaur from your graveyard to the battlefield. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
- 1Cast the Dinosaur in your hand by paying its mana cost. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 2Activate Yahenni by sacrificing the Dinosaur.
- 3When the Dinosaur dies, Athreos's second ability triggers, returning the Dinosaur from your graveyard to the battlefield. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 4Resolve the Yahenni ability.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Phantom Train
- 1Cast the Dinosaur in your hand by paying its mana cost. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 2Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing the Dinosaur.
- 3When the Dinosaur dies, Athreos's second ability triggers, returning the Dinosaur from your graveyard to the battlefield. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 4Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Woe Strider
- 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing the other Dinosaur.
- 2When the Dinosaur dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a +1/+1 counter on it due to the -1/-1 counter it will gain from Blue.
- 3Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 4Repeat.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Carrion Feeder
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the other Dinosaur.
- 2When the Dinosaur dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a +1/+1 counter on it due to the -1/-1 counter it will gain from Blue.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Repeat.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Shilgengar, Sire of Famine
- 1Activate Shilgengar by sacrificing the other Dinosaur.
- 2When the Dinosaur dies, its undying ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a +1/+1 counter on it due to the -1/-1 counter it will gain from Blue.
- 3Resolve the Shilgengar ability.
- 4Repeat.
Athreos, Shroud-Veiled + Blue, Loyal Raptor + Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1Cast the Dinosaur in your hand by paying its mana cost. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 2Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the Dinosaur.
- 3When the Dinosaur dies, Athreos's second ability triggers, returning the Dinosaur from your graveyard to the battlefield. It will enter with a coin counter due to Blue.
- 4Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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