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Bottomless Pool // Locker RoomHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 5 min read· Duskmourn: House of Horror· September 27, 2024
Carte Magic Bottomless Pool // Locker Room

Bottomless Pool // Locker Room 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.

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Official card text

When you unlock this door, return up to one target creature to its owner's hand. (You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.) Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, draw a card. (You may cast either half. That door unlocks on the battlefield. As a sorcery, you may pay the mana cost of a locked door to unlock it.)

How it works : Bottomless Pool // Locker Room

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    If creatures you control deal combat damage to multiple players at the same time, Locker Room's ability will trigger once for each player dealt combat damage this way.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Freed from the Real
#1

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Freed from the Real

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
  1. 1Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}.
  3. 3When Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Freed form the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Pemmin's Aura
#2

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Pemmin's Aura

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
  1. 1Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}.
  3. 3When Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping up to five lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Minamo, School at Water's Edge
#3

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Minamo, School at Water's Edge

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
  1. 1Activate up to four lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying {4}{U}.
  3. 3When Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping Minamo and up to four other lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate Minamo and up to four other lands by tapping them, adding at least {2}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping Minamo and up to four other lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Minamo's second ability by paying {U} and tapping it, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Freed from the Real
#4

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Freed from the Real

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm count
  1. 1Activate up to two lands by tapping them, adding at least {U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Cloud of Faeries by paying {1}{U}.
  3. 3When Cloud of Faeries enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping up to two lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Cloud of Faeries trigger, untapping up to two lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Pemmin's Aura
#5

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Pemmin's Aura

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm count
  1. 1Activate up to two lands by tapping them, adding at least {U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Cloud of Faeries by paying {1}{U}.
  3. 3When Cloud of Faeries enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping up to two lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least {U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Cloud of Faeries trigger, untapping up to two lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Freed from the Real
#6

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Freed from the Real

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
  1. 1Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Great Whale by paying {5}{U}{U}.
  3. 3When Great Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Great Whale trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Freed form the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Pemmin's Aura
#7

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Pemmin's Aura

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
  1. 1Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}.
  2. 2Cast Great Whale by paying {5}{U}{U}.
  3. 3When Great Whale enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
  4. 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  5. 5Holding priority, activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least {3}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Resolve the second Great Whale trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  7. 7Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  8. 8Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
Marina Vendrell
+Bottomless Pool // Locker Room
+Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
+Freed from the Real
#8

Marina Vendrell + Bottomless Pool // Locker Room + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm + Freed from the Real

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
  1. 1Cast Dockside Extortionist by paying {1}{R}.
  2. 2When Dockside Extortionist enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, creating at least four Treasure tokens.
  3. 3Activate four Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {1}{U}{U}{R}.
  4. 4Activate Marina by tapping it, locking Bottomless Pool.
  5. 5Activate Freed form the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Marina.
  6. 6Activate Marina by tapping it, unlocking Bottomless Pool.
  7. 7Bottomless Pool triggers twice.
  8. 8Resolve the first trigger, returning Dockside Extortionist from the battlefield to your hand.
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Legal formats

standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduel
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