Change of Heart 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
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How it works : Change of Heart
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Change of Heart will not remove an already attacking creature from combat. It must be cast before attackers are declared or it won’t have any noticeable effect on the game.
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
Avatar Aang // Aang, Master of Elements + Change of Heart
Infinite storm countInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying
due to Aang's cost reduction, returning Change of Heart to your hand. - 2Repeat.
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#2
Samut, the Driving Force + Storm-Kiln Artist + Change of Heart
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite storm countInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying
. - 2Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve Change of Heart.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#3
Orvar, the All-Form + Peregrine Drake + Change of Heart
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite copies of creatures you controlInfinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate up to five lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying , targeting Peregrine Drake.
- 3Orvar's first ability triggers, creating a token copy of Peregrine Drake.
- 4The Peregrine Drake token enters the battlefield, untapping up to five lands.
- 5Resolve Change of Heart, returning it to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
- 7If you control up to five lands that can tap to produce at least
, this combo nets infinite mana, which you can then target any creatures you control in step 2 to create infinite token copies of them.
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#4
Stormsplitter + Phyrexian Altar + Change of Heart
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying .
- 2Each Stormsplitter you control triggers, creating that many token copies of Stormsplitter.
- 3Resolve Change of Heart, returning it to your hand.
- 4If you control at least eight Stormsplitters, activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four Stormsplitter tokens, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Chakram Retriever + Will, Scion of Peace + Change of Heart
Infinite storm countInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Activate Will by tapping it, causing white and blue spells you cast this turn to cost at least less.
- 2Activate a creature by tapping it, adding .
- 3Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying .
- 4Chakram Retriever triggers, untapping the mana-producing creature.
- 5Resolve Change of Heart.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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#6
Shantotto, Tactician Magician + Mind Over Matter + Empowered Autogenerator + Change of Heart
Infinite charge counters on a permanentInfinite colored manaInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite draw triggers
- 1Activate Empowered Autogenerator by tapping it, putting a charge counter on it and adding for each charge counter on it.
- 2Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying .
- 3Shantotto triggers, giving it +4/+0 until end of turn and causing you to draw a card.
- 4Resolve Change of Heart.
- 5Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Empowered Autogenerator.
- 6Repeat.
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#7
There and Back Again + Orvar, the All-Form + Change of Heart
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token, and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
- 2Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying , targeting the Smaug token.
- 3Orvar's first ability triggers, creating a copy of the Smaug token.
- 4Put the new Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 5When Smaug dies, it triggers, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
- 6Resolve Change of Heart from step 2, returning it to your hand.
- 7Activate four Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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#8
The Thing + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Sage of Hours + Change of Heart
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Cast Change of Heart with buyback by paying , returning it to your hand.
- 2At the beginning of your combat phase, The Thing's first ability triggers, putting four +1/+1 counters on it.
- 3Declare The Thing as an attacker. Its second ability triggers, causing you to pay
to double the number of +1/+1 counters on it. - 4Activate The Thing using Sage of Hours' ability by removing all +1/+1 counters from it, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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Legal formats
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