Bygone Bishop 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
Flying Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 3 or less, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
How it works : Bygone Bishop
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Casting a spell for an alternative cost, such as a madness cost, doesn't change its mana value. For example, casting Twins of Maurer Estate (a card with mana cost
and madness cost ) for its madness cost will not cause Bygone Bishop's ability to trigger.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
Card named in this ruling
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.
Card named in this ruling
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Bygone Bishop + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite artifact tokensInfinite artifact ETBInfinite card drawInfinite Clue tokens
- 1Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Scrap Trawler, adding
. - 2When Scrap Trawler dies, it triggers, returning Myr Retriever from your graveyard to your hand.
- 3Cast Myr Retriever by paying .
- 4Bygone Bishop triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
- 5Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Clue and Myr Retriever, adding .
- 6When Myr Retriever dies, it triggers, returning Scrap Trawler from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Cast Scrap Trawler by paying
. - 8Bygone Bishop triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
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#2
Bygone Bishop + Myr Retriever + Junk Diver + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite artifact tokensInfinite artifact ETBInfinite card drawInfinite Clue tokens
- 1Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Junk Diver, adding .
- 2When Junk Diver dies, it triggers, returning Myr Retriever from your graveyard to your hand.
- 3Cast Myr Retriever by paying .
- 4Bygone Bishop triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
- 5Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Clue and Myr Retriever, adding .
- 6When Myr Retriever dies, it triggers, returning Junk Diver from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Cast Junk Diver by paying .
- 8Bygone Bishop triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
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#3
Bygone Bishop + Myr Retriever + Workshop Assistant + Krark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite artifact tokensInfinite artifact ETBInfinite card drawInfinite Clue tokens
- 1Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Workshop Assistant, adding .
- 2When Workshop Assistant dies, it triggers, returning Myr Retriever from your graveyard to your hand.
- 3Cast Myr Retriever by paying .
- 4Bygone Bishop triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
- 5Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Clue and Myr Retriever, adding .
- 6When Myr Retriever dies, it triggers, returning Workshop Assistant from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Cast Workshop Assistant by paying .
- 8Bygone Bishop triggers, creating a Clue artifact token.
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#4
Delney, Streetwise Lookout + Academy Manufactor + Bygone Bishop + Whitemane Lion
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Whitemane Lion by paying its mana cost.
- 2Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3When Whitemane Lion enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, returning itself and another creature with mana value 2 or less from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 5Cast the other creature by paying its mana cost.
- 6Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 8Repeat.
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#5
Delney, Streetwise Lookout + Academy Manufactor + Bygone Bishop + Kor Skyfisher
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Kor Skyfisher by paying its mana cost.
- 2Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3When Kor Skyfisher enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, returning itself and another creature with mana value 2 or less from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 5Cast the other creature by paying its mana cost.
- 6Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 8Repeat.
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#6
Delney, Streetwise Lookout + Academy Manufactor + Bygone Bishop + Shrieking Drake
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Shrieking Drake by paying its mana cost.
- 2Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, returning itself and another creature with mana value 3 or less from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 5Cast the other creature by paying its mana cost.
- 6Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 8Repeat.
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Delney, Streetwise Lookout + Academy Manufactor + Bygone Bishop + Stonecloaker
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Stonecloaker by paying
. - 2Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3When Stonecloaker enters the battlefield, its first and second abilities trigger twice.
- 4Resolve both of the first Stonecloaker ability's triggers, returning itself and another creature with mana value 1 or less from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve both remaining triggers, exiling two cards from any graveyard.
- 6Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 7Cast the other creature by paying its mana cost.
- 8Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
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#8
Delney, Streetwise Lookout + Academy Manufactor + Bygone Bishop + Dream Stalker
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Cast Dream Stalker by paying its mana cost.
- 2Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 3When Dream Stalker enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, returning itself and another creature with mana value 2 or less from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 5Cast the other creature by paying its mana cost.
- 6Bygone Bishop triggers twice, creating two Clue, two Food and two Treasure tokens.
- 7Activate the two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding two mana of any color(s).
- 8Repeat.
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Legal formats
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