Byrke, Long Ear of the Law 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
Vigilance When Byrke enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target creatures. Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
How it works : Byrke, Long Ear of the Law
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
To double the number of +1/+1 counters on a creature, put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number it already has. Replacement effects that modify the number of counters being placed on creatures you control, such as the effect of Branching Evolution, apply to this ability as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Byrke, Long Ear of the Law + Crystalline Crawler + Aggravated Assault
Infinite colored manaInfinite combat phasesInfinite untap of creatures you controlInfinite mana creatures you control can produce
- 1Declare Crystalline Crawler as an attacker.
- 2Byrke's second ability triggers, doubling the number of +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 3Move to your postcombat main phase.
- 4Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability five times by removing five +1/+1 counters from it, adding
. - 5Activate Aggravated Assault by paying , causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 6Repeat.
- 7If Crystalline Crawler has at least six +1/+1 counters on it, this combo nets infinite +1/+1 counter doubling.
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#2
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Byrke, Long Ear of the Law + Crystalline Crawler
Infinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Declare Crystalline Crawler and Hellkite Charger as attackers.
- 2Byrke's second ability triggers, doubling the number of +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 3Holding priority, activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability five times by removing five +1/+1 counters from it, adding
. - 4Activate Najeela by paying , untapping all attacking creatures, giving them trample, lifelink and haste, and gaining an additional combat phase after this one.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
- 6If Crystalline Crawler has at least six +1/+1 counters on it, this combo nets infinite +1/+1 counter doubling.
- 7You may also attack with one or more Warriors each combat phase to gain 1/1 Warrior creature tokens from Najeela.
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#3
Byrke, Long Ear of the Law + Crystalline Crawler + Hellkite Charger
Infinite colored manaInfinite combat phasesInfinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- 1Declare Crystalline Crawler and Hellkite Charger as attackers.
- 2Byrke's second ability and Hellkite Charger trigger.
- 3Resolve the Byrke trigger, doubling the number of +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 4Holding priority, activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability seven times by removing seven +1/+1 counters from it, adding
. - 5Resolve the Hellkite Charger trigger, causing you to pay to untap all attacking creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 6Repeat each combat phase.
- 7If Crystalline Crawler has at least eight +1/+1 counters on it, this combo nets infinite +1/+1 counter doubling.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduel
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