Brinelin, the Moon Kraken 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 Brinelin enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater, you may return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
How it works : Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
For spells with
in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· 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 Falthis and Kediss are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with black and/or red in their color identity, but not cards with green, white, or blue.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· 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.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
To have two commanders, both must have the partner ability as the game begins. Losing the ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· 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 any one of them, not from both of them combined.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
If something refers to your commander while you have two commanders, it refers to one of them of your choice. If you are instructed to perform an action on your commander (e.g. put it from the command zone into your hand due to Command Beacon), you choose one of your commanders at the time the effect happens.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· 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.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
You can choose two commanders with partner that are the same color or colors. In Commander Draft, you can even choose two of the same commander with partner if you drafted them. If you do this, make sure you keep the number of times you've cast each from the command zone clear for "commander tax" purposes.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Mycosynth Golem
- 1Cast the artifact creature from your hand by paying
. - 2Brinelin triggers, returning Mycosynth Golem from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Cast Mycosynth Golem by paying .
- 4Brinelin triggers, returning the other artifact creature from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Displacer Kitten + Sol Ring + Mana Vault
- 1Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding
. - 2Cast Mana Vault by paying
. - 3Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Brinelin.
- 4When Brinelin enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Sol Ring from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Mana Vault by tapping it, adding .
- 6Cast Sol Ring by paying .
- 7Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Brinelin.
- 8When Brinelin enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Mana Vault from the battlefield to your hand.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Nexus of Fate
- 1Cast Invasion of Arcavios by paying
. - 2When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Nexus of Fate from your graveyard to your hand, or searching your library for Nexus of Fate and putting it into your hand, if needed.
- 3Cast Nexus of Fate by paying
. - 4Brinelin triggers, returning Invasion of Arcavios to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Resolve Nexus of Fate, causing you to take an extra turn after this one and shuffle it into your library.
- 6Repeat each turn.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Displacer Kitten + Sol Ring + Mox Amber
- 1Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding .
- 2Cast Mox Amber by paying .
- 3Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Brinelin.
- 4When Brinelin enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Sol Ring from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Mox Amber by tapping it, adding one mana of any color among legendary creatures or planeswalkers you control.
- 6Cast Sol Ring by paying .
- 7Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Brinelin.
- 8When Brinelin enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Mox Amber from the battlefield to your hand.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Beacon of Tomorrows
- 1Cast Invasion of Arcavios by paying .
- 2When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Beacon of Tomorrows from your graveyard to your hand, or searching your library for Beacon of Tomorrows and putting it into your hand, if needed.
- 3Cast Beacon of Tomorrows by paying
. - 4Brinelin triggers, returning Invasion of Arcavios to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Resolve Beacon of Tomorrows, causing you to take an extra turn after this one and shuffle it into your library.
- 6Repeat each turn.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Invasion of Arcavios // Invocation of the Founders + Walk the Aeons
- 1Cast Invasion of Arcavios by paying .
- 2When Invasion of Arcavios enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Walk the Aeons from your graveyard to your hand, or searching your library for Walk the Aeons and putting it into your hand, if needed.
- 3Cast Walk the Aeons by paying
. - 4Brinelin triggers, returning Invasion of Arcavios to your hand from the battlefield.
- 5Resolve Walk the Aeons, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 6Repeat each turn.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Herigast, Erupting Nullkite + Skitterbeam Battalion
- 1Cast Skitterbeam Batallion by paying
. - 2Brinelin triggers, returning the other creature with mana value 9 from the battlefield to your hnad.
- 3When Skitterbeam Batallion enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating two token copies of itself.
- 4Cast the other creature with mana value 9 for its emerge cost by paying and sacrificing a Skitterbeam Batallion token.
- 5Brinelin triggers, returning the nontoken Skitterbeam Batallion from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Cast Skitterbeam Batallion for its emerge cost by paying and sacrificing a Skitterbeam Batallion token.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken + Displacer Kitten + Sol Ring + Mana Crypt
- 1Activate Sol Ring by tapping it, adding .
- 2Cast Mana Crypt by paying .
- 3Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Brinelin.
- 4When Brinelin enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Sol Ring from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Activate Mana Crypt by tapping it, adding .
- 6Cast Sol Ring by paying .
- 7Displacer Kitten triggers, blinking Brinelin.
- 8When Brinelin enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Mana Crypt from the battlefield to your hand.
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