Channeler Initiate 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
When this creature enters, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature you control., Remove a -1/-1 counter from this creature: Add one mana of any color.
How it works : Channeler Initiate
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Necrotic Ooze + Devoted Druid + Channeler Initiate
Infinite colored mana
- 1Tap Necrotic Ooze using Devoted Druid's ability to add
. - 2Untap Necrotic Ooze using Devoted Druid's ability, giving it a -1/-1 counter.
- 3Tap Necrotic Ooze and remove a -1/-1 counter use Channeler Initiate's ability to add
of any color. - 4Repeat for infinite mana.
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#2
Necrotic Ooze + Cinderhaze Wretch + Channeler Initiate
Infinite colored mana
- 1Activate Necrotic Ooze by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze by tapping it and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Repeat.
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#3
Experiment Kraj + Channeler Initiate + Devoted Druid
Infinite colored mana
- 1Activate Experiment Kraj using Devoted Druid's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on Experiment Kraj, untapping Experiment Kraj.
- 2Activate Experiment Kraj using Channeler Initiate's ability by tapping Experiment Kraj and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Repeat.
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#4
Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Channeler Initiate + Ashnod's Altar + Thousand-Year Elixir
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Channeler Initiate by paying .
- 2Channeler Initiate enters the battlefield with a vigilance counter, putting three -1/-1 counters on itself.
- 3Activate Channeler Initiate by tapping and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 4Activate Tayam by paying
and removing all counters from Channeler Initiate. - 5Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Channeler Initiate, adding
. - 6Resolve the Tayam ability, milling three cards and returning Channeler Initiate from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Channeler Initiate + Ashnod's Altar + Lightning Greaves
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Channeler Initiate by paying .
- 2Channeler Initiate enters the battlefield with a vigilance counter, putting three -1/-1 counters on itself.
- 3Equip Lightning Grieves to Channeler Initiate by paying
. - 4Activate Channeler Initiate by tapping and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 5Activate Tayam by paying and removing all counters from Channeler Initiate.
- 6Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Channeler Initiate, adding .
- 7Resolve the Tayam ability, milling three cards and returning Channeler Initiate from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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#6
Channeler Initiate + Sinking Feeling + Obelisk Spider
Infinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite lifeloss
- 1Activate Channeler Initiate by tapping and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Activate Channeler Initiate by paying and putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 3Obelisk Spider triggers, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 4Repeat.
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#7
Channeler Initiate + Sinking Feeling + Nest of Scarabs
Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Channeler Initiate by tapping and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Activate Channeler Initiate by paying and putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 3Nest of Scarabs triggers, creating a 1/1 Insect creature token.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Necrotic Ooze + Barrenton Medic + Channeler Initiate
Infinite colored mana
- 1Activate Necrotic Ooze using Barrenton Medic's second ability by putting a -1/-1 counter on it, untapping it.
- 2Activate Necrotic Ooze using Channeler Initiate's ability by tapping it and removing a -1/-1 counter from it, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Repeat.
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Legal formats
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