Cavern Harpy 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 When this creature enters, return a blue or black creature you control to its owner's hand. Pay 1 life: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
How it works : Cavern Harpy
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You choose the creature to return on resolution of the triggered ability. This is not targeted.
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
Aluren + Cavern Harpy
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Cavern Harpy without paying its mana cost due to Aluren.
- 2When Cavern Harpy enters, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
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#2
Peregrine Drake + Cavern Harpy + Panharmonicon
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite storm count
- 1Activate up to five lands you control by tapping them, adding at least
. - 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying
. - 3Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, triggering its ability twice.
- 4Resolve the first Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping the five lands.
- 5Activate the five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 6Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping the five lands.
- 7Cast Cavern Harpy by paying .
- 8Cavern Harpy enters the battlefield, triggering its ability twice, returning Cavern Harpy and Peregrine Drake from the battlefield to your hand.
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#3
Ukkima, Stalking Shadow + Aluren + Cavern Harpy
Infinite damageInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Pay 1 life to Cavern Harpy to return it to your hand.
- 2Cast Cavern Harpy.
- 3Cavern Harpy enters, returning Ukkima to your hand.
- 4Ukkima triggers, dealing 2 damage to target opponent and gaining you 2 life.
- 5Repeat.
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#4
Peregrine Drake + Yarok, the Desecrated + Cavern Harpy
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite storm count
- 1Activate up to five lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying .
- 3Peregrine Drake enters the battlefield, triggering its ability twice.
- 4Resolve the first Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping the five lands.
- 5Activate the five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 6Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping the five lands.
- 7Cast Cavern Harpy by paying .
- 8Cavern Harpy enters the battlefield, triggering its ability twice, returning Cavern Harpy and Peregrine Drake from the battlefield to your hand.
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#5
Peregrine Drake + Cavern Harpy + Starfield Vocalist
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blue manaInfinite mana lands you control can produce
- 1Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Peregrine Drake enters, it triggers twice. Resolve the first trigger, untapping five lands.
- 4Holding priority, activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 5Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping five lands.
- 6Cast Cavern Harpy by paying its mana cost.
- 7When Cavern Harpy enters, it triggers twice, returning it and Peregrine Drake from the battlefield to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
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#6
Peregrine Drake + Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions + Cavern Harpy
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite blue manaInfinite mana lands you control can produce
- 1Activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Cast Peregrine Drake by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Peregrine Drake enters, it triggers twice. Resolve the first trigger, untapping five lands.
- 4Holding priority, activate up to five lands by tapping them, adding at least .
- 5Resolve the second Peregrine Drake trigger, untapping five lands.
- 6Cast Cavern Harpy by paying its mana cost.
- 7When Cavern Harpy enters, it triggers twice, returning it and Peregrine Drake from the battlefield to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
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#7
Cavern Harpy + Parasitic Strix + Aluren
Infinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
- 1Cast Parasitic Strix by paying
. - 2Parasitic Strix enters the battlefield, causing target player to lose 2 life and gaining you 2 life.
- 3Cast Cavern Harpy by paying .
- 4Cavern Harpy enters the battlefield, returning Parasitic Strix to your hand.
- 5Activate Cavern Harpy by paying 1 life, returning it to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
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#8
Morophon, the Boundless + Cavern Harpy
Infinite creature LTBInfinite storm countInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Cavern Harpy by paying .
- 2Cavern Harpy enters the battlefield, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 3Repeat.
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Legal formats
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