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ChronosavantHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Time Spiral· October 6, 2006
Carte Magic Chronosavant

Chronosavant 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

{1}{W}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. You skip your next turn.

How it works : Chronosavant

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    If Chronosavant is in your graveyard, you can activate this ability multiple times in response to itself. The first one that resolves will return Chronosavant to the battlefield and make you skip your next turn. The others will just make you skip turns.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Chronosavant
+Ashnod's Altar
+Farrelite Priest
#1

Chronosavant + Ashnod's Altar + Farrelite Priest

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificng Chronosavant, adding {C}{C}.
  2. 2Activate Farrelite Priest by paying {1}, adding {W}.
  3. 3Activate Chronosavant by paying {1}{W}, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard and causing you to skip your next turn.
  4. 4Repeat.
Embalmer's Tools
+Chronosavant
+Phyrexian Altar
#2

Embalmer's Tools + Chronosavant + Phyrexian Altar

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificng Chronosavant, adding {W}.
  2. 2Activate Chronosavant by paying {W}, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard and causing you to skip your next turn.
  3. 3Repeat.
Chronosavant
+Ashnod's Altar
+Chromatic Orrery
#3

Chronosavant + Ashnod's Altar + Chromatic Orrery

LockInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
  1. 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificng Chronosavant, adding {2}.
  2. 2Activate Chronosavant by paying {2}, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard and causing you to skip your next turn.
  3. 3Repeat.
Chronosavant
+Ashnod's Altar
+Mycosynth Lattice
#4

Chronosavant + Ashnod's Altar + Mycosynth Lattice

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificng Chronosavant, adding {2}.
  2. 2Activate Chronosavant by paying {2}, returning it to the battlefield from your graveyard and causing you to skip your next turn.
  3. 3Repeat.
Stunning Reversal
+Elite Arcanist
+Mind Over Matter
+Jinxed Ring
#5

Stunning Reversal + Elite Arcanist + Mind Over Matter + Jinxed Ring

Near-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite lifegain triggersNear-infinite looting
  1. 1Activate Elite Arcanist by paying {4} and tapping it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
  2. 2Let the event that would cause you to lose happen, but instead draw seven cards and set your life total to 1.
  3. 3Activate Mind Over Matter seven times by discarding seven cards, untapping Elite Arcanist and six lands you control.
  4. 4Activate those lands by tapping them, adding {5}{W}.
  5. 5Activate Jinxed Ring by sacrificing Chronosavant.
  6. 6Jinxed Ring triggers.
  7. 7In response, activate Chronosavant by paying {1}{W}, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped and skipping your next turn.
  8. 8Activate Elite Arcanist by paying {4} and tapping it, casting and resolving a copy of Stunning Reversal without paying its mana cost.
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Legal formats

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