Child of Alara 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
Trample When Child of Alara dies, destroy all nonland permanents. They can't be regenerated.
How it works : Child of Alara
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
Child of Alara + Gift of Immortality + Avacyn, Angel of Hope + Ashnod's Altar
Destroy all nonland permanents opponents control each turnLock
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Child of Alara, adding
. - 2Child of Alara dies, triggering itself and Gift of Immortality.
- 3Resolve the Child of Alara trigger, destroying all nonland permanents you don't control due to your permanents having indestructible.
- 4Resolve the Gift of Immortality trigger, returning Child of Alara from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5At the beginning of the next end step, Gift of Immortality triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to Child of Alara.
- 6Repeat each turn.
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#2
Child of Alara + Gift of Immortality + Avacyn, Angel of Hope + Phyrexian Altar
Destroy all nonland permanents opponents control each turnLock
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Child of Alara, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Child of Alara dies, triggering itself and Gift of Immortality.
- 3Resolve the Child of Alara trigger, destroying all nonland permanents you don't control due to your permanents having indestructible.
- 4Resolve the Gift of Immortality trigger, returning Child of Alara from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5At the beginning of the next end step, Gift of Immortality triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to Child of Alara.
- 6Repeat each turn.
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#3
Child of Alara + Faith's Reward + Commander's Sphere + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggers
- 1Activate Commander's Sphere's first ability by tapping it, adding
. - 2Activate Commander's Sphere's second ability by sacrificing it, causing you to draw a card.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Eternal Witness and Child of Alara, adding .
- 4Child of Alara dies, destroying all nonland permanents.
- 5Cast Faith's Reward by paying
, returning all permanent cards put into your graveyard this turn to the battlefield under your control. - 6Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, returning Faith's Reward from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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#4
Child of Alara + Faith's Reward + Commander's Sphere + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggers
- 1Activate Commander's Sphere's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Commander's Sphere's second ability by sacrificing it, causing you to draw a card.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Archaeomancer and Child of Alara, adding .
- 4Child of Alara dies, destroying all nonland permanents.
- 5Cast Faith's Reward by paying , returning all permanent cards put into your graveyard this turn to the battlefield under your control.
- 6Archaeomancer enters the battlefield, returning Faith's Reward from your graveyard to your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Child of Alara + Faith's Reward + Commander's Sphere + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite draw triggers
- 1Activate Commander's Sphere's first ability by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Commander's Sphere's second ability by sacrificing it, causing you to draw a card.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Greenwarden of Murasa and Child of Alara, adding .
- 4Child of Alara and Greenwarden of Murasa die, triggering their abilities.
- 5Resolve the Greenwarden of Murasa trigger, choosing not to exile it.
- 6Resolve the Child of Alara trigger, destroying all nonland permanents.
- 7Cast Faith's Reward by paying , returning all permanent cards put into your graveyard this turn to the battlefield under your control.
- 8Greenwarden of Murasa enters the battlefield, returning Faith's Reward from your graveyard to your hand.
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Legal formats
modernlegacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerduelpredh
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