Conspiracy Theorist 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
Whenever this creature attacks, you may payand discard a card. If you do, draw a card. Whenever you discard one or more nonland cards, you may exile one of them from your graveyard. If you do, you may cast it this turn.
How it works : Conspiracy Theorist
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
While resolving Conspiracy Theorist's ability, you can't pay
and discard a card multiple times to draw more cards.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The card exiled by the second ability is exiled face up. Casting it follows the normal rules for casting that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all applicable timing rules. For example, if it's a creature card, you can cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty. In most cases, if you exile a non-instant card during an opponent's turn, you won't be able to cast it that turn.
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
Conspiracy Theorist + Rionya, Fire Dancer + Hanabi Blast + Storm-Kiln Artist
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Rionya triggers, creating at least two token copies of Storm-Kiln Artist with haste.
- 2Cast Hanabi Blast by paying
. - 3Each Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating at least three Treasure tokens.
- 4Resolve Hanabi Blast, dealing 2 damage to any target, then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 5Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Hanabi Blast and allowing you to cast it this turn.
- 6Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 7Repeat from step 2.
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#2
Vigor + Hanabi Blast + Crystalline Crawler + Conspiracy Theorist
Infinite colored manaInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hanabi Blast by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Resolve Hanabi Blast, putting six +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler due to Vigor's first ability, and then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 3Conspiracy Theorist's second ability triggers, allowing you to exile the discarded card from your graveyard if it was a nonland card and cast it from exile this turn.
- 4Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 5Cast Hanabi Blast either from your hand or from exile by paying .
- 6Repeat from step 2.
- 7Once you have infinite colored mana, you may instead target any other creature and/or player with Hanabi Blast.
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#3
Vigor + Hanabi Blast + Crystalline Crawler + Conspiracy Theorist
Infinite colored manaInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hanabi Blast by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Resolve Hanabi Blast, putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler due to Vigor's first ability, and then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 3Conspiracy Theorist's second ability triggers, allowing you to exile the discarded card from your graveyard if it was a nonland card and cast it from exile this turn.
- 4Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 5Cast Hanabi Blast either from your hand or from exile by paying .
- 6Repeat from step 2.
- 7Once you have infinite colored mana, you may instead target any other creature and/or player with Hanabi Blast.
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#4
Dream Halls + Conspiracy Theorist + Petals of Insight + Shrieking Drake
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
- 1Cast Petals of Insight by discarding Shrieking Drake.
- 2Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Shrieking Drake and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 3Resolve Petals of Insight, putting the top three cards of your library on the bottom of your library, and returning Petals of Insight to your hand.
- 4Cast Shrieking Drake from exile by discarding Petals of Insight.
- 5Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Petals of Insight and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 6Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Cast Petals of Insight from exile by discarding Shrieking Drake.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Dream Halls + Conspiracy Theorist + Petals of Insight + Voidwielder
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
- 1Cast Petals of Insight by discarding Voidwielder.
- 2Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Voidwielder and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 3Resolve Petals of Insight, putting the top three cards of your library on the bottom of your library, and returning Petals of Insight to your hand.
- 4Cast Voidwielder from exile by discarding Petals of Insight.
- 5Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Petals of Insight and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 6Voidwielder enters the battlefield, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Cast Petals of Insight from exile by discarding Voidwielder.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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#6
Dream Halls + Conspiracy Theorist + Petals of Insight + Kiri-Onna
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite self-discard triggers
- 1Cast Petals of Insight by discarding Kiri-Onna.
- 2Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Kiri-Onna and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 3Resolve Petals of Insight, putting the top three cards of your library on the bottom of your library, and returning Petals of Insight to your hand.
- 4Cast Kiri-Onna from exile by discarding Petals of Insight.
- 5Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Petals of Insight and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 6Kiri-Onna enters the battlefield, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Cast Petals of Insight from exile by discarding Kiri-Onna.
- 8Repeat from step 2.
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#7
Dream Halls + Conspiracy Theorist + Petals of Insight + Aethertide Whale
Infinite energy countersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Petals of Insight by discarding Aethertide Whale.
- 2Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Aethertide Whale and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 3Resolve Petals of Insight, putting the top three cards of your library on the bottom of your library, and returning Petals of Insight to your hand.
- 4Cast Aethertide Whale from exile by discarding Petals of Insight.
- 5Conspiracy Theorist triggers, exiling Petals of Insight and allowing you to cast it from exile this turn.
- 6Aethertide Whale enters the battlefield, causing you to get six
. - 7Activate Aethertide Whale by paying , returning it to your hand from the battlefield.
- 8Cast Petals of Insight from exile by discarding Aethertide Whale.
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#8
Priest of Gix + Conspiracy Theorist + Dream Halls + Cloudstone Curio
Infinite black manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Priest of Gix by discarding another nonartifact black creature card with mana value two or less.
- 2Conspiracy Theorist triggers, causing you to exile the discarded card from your graveyard and allowing you to cast it this turn.
- 3Priest of Gix enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Cloudstone Curio.
- 4Resolve the Priest of Gix trigger, adding
. - 5Holding priority, cast the black creature from exile by paying its mana cost.
- 6The creature enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning Priest of Gix from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger from step 3, returning the black creature to your hand.
- 8Repeat.
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Legal formats
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