Darksteel Splicer 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 or another nontoken Phyrexian you control enters, create X 3/3 colorless Phyrexian Golem artifact creature tokens, where X is the number of opponents you have. Golems you control have indestructible.
How it works : Darksteel Splicer
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a Golem you control may become lethal if Darksteel Splicer leaves the battlefield during 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
Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Darksteel Splicer
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Darksteel Splicer, adding
. - 2When Darksteel Splicer dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay
to return Darksteel Splicer from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 3When Darksteel Splicer enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least one 3/3 Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Phyrexian Golem, adding .
- 5Repeat.
- 6If you have two or more opponents, this combo nets infinite creature tokens and colorless mana.
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#2
Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar + Darksteel Splicer
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Darksteel Splicer, adding
. - 2When Darksteel Splicer dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay to return Darksteel Splicer from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- 3When Darksteel Splicer enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least one 3/3 Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar three times by sacrificing three Phyrexian Golems, adding
. - 5Repeat.
- 6If you have four or more opponents, this combo nets infinite creature tokens and colored mana.
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#3
Nim Deathmantle + Thermopod + Darksteel Splicer
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Darksteel Splicer, adding
. - 2When Darksteel Splicer dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay to return Darksteel Splicer from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- 3When Darksteel Splicer enters the battlefield, it triggers, creating at least one 3/3 Phyrexian Golem artifact creature token.
- 4Activate Thermopod's second ability three times by sacrificing three Phyrexian Golems, adding .
- 5Repeat.
- 6If you have four or more opponents, this combo nets infinite creature tokens and red mana.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduel
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