Defiler of Vigor 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 As an additional cost to cast green permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells costless to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of green mana you pay. Whenever you cast a green permanent spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
How it works : Defiler of Vigor
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may only pay the additional cost once per permanent spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Some players may make the mental shortcut that the Defilers effectively turn one of the colored mana symbols in the spell’s cost into a Phyrexian colored mana symbol. Despite the similarity in function, this ability does not cause the spells to have Phyrexian mana symbols in their costs. Sorry, Rage Extractor!
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
Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Defiler of Vigor + Food Chain
Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spellsInfinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Ghalta from the command zone by paying .
- 2Defiler of Vigor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 3Activate Food Chain by exiling Ghalta, adding thirteen that can only be spent to cast creature spells.
- 4Choose to return Ghalta from exile to the command zone.
- 5Repeat.
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#2
Defiler of Vigor + Cloudstone Curio + Silverback Elder
Infinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast a green creature spell by paying 2 life.
- 2Defiler of Vigor and Silverback Elder each trigger.
- 3Resolve the Silverback Elder trigger, gaining 4 life.
- 4Resolve the Defiler of Vigor trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 5Resolve the creature spell.
- 6Cloudstone Curio triggers; if the other creature is on the battlefield, return it to your hand; otherwise choose not to return anything.
- 7Repeat any number of times.
- 8Repeat any number of times again, this time choosing either of Silverback Elder's other modes.
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#3
Aetherflux Reservoir + Cloudstone Curio + Defiler of Vigor
Infinite damageInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Cast the green permanent card in your hand by paying 2 life.
- 2Defiler of Vigor and Aetherflux Reservoir triggers.
- 3Resolve the Defiler of Vigor trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast before it this turn.
- 5The green permanent enters the battlefield, triggering Cloudstone Curio, returning another nontoken nonartifact green permanent with mana cost from the battlefield to your hand.
- 6Repeat.
- 7Once you have infinite life, you may activate Aetherflux Reservoir infinite times to deal infinite damage to any target(s).
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#4
Venerated Rotpriest + Gatherer of Graces + Defiler of Vigor + Rancor
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlEach opponent loses the gameNear-infinite storm count
- 1Cast Rancor by paying , or by paying two life due to Defiler of Vigor, targeting Defiler of Vigor.
- 2Defiler of Vigor and Venerated Rotpriest triggers.
- 3Resolve the Defiler of Vigor trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Resolve the Venerated Rotpriest trigger, causing an opponent to get a poison counter.
- 5If the opponent has ten poison counters, they lose the game as a state-based action.
- 6Activate Gatherer of Graces by sacrificing Rancor.
- 7Rancor triggers, returning itself to your hand from your graveyard.
- 8Resolve the Gatherer of Graces ability, regenerating it.
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#5
Ghalta, Primal Hunger + Vaultborn Tyrant + Phyrexian Altar + Defiler of Vigor
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlNear-infinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Ghalta from the command zone by paying
. - 2Defiler of Vigor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 3Resolve Ghalta. When it enters, Vaultborn Tyrant triggers, causing you to gain 3 life and draw a card.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Ghalta, adding . Choose to return Ghalta from your graveyard to the command zone.
- 5Repeat.
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#6
Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Unbridled Growth + Defiler of Vigor + Aetherflux Reservoir
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite damage
- 1Activate Unbridled Growth by sacrificing it.
- 2Mazzy triggers, exiling Unbridled Growth and allowing you to cast it from exile until the end of your next turn.
- 3Resolve the Unbridled Growth ability, causing you to draw a card.
- 4Cast Unbridled Growth from exile by paying 2 life.
- 5Aetherflux Reservoir and Defiler of Vigor trigger.
- 6Resolve the Aetherflux Reservoir trigger, causing you to gain 1 life for each spell you've cast this turn.
- 7Resolve the Defiler of Vigor trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 8Resolve Unbridled Growth, attaching it to any land you control.
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#7
Defiler of Vigor + Wellwisher + Wirewood Symbiote + Maskwood Nexus
Infinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggersInfinite creature LTB
- 1Tap Wellwisher to activate it, gaining at least 3 life.
- 2Activate Wirewood Symbiote by returning itself to your hand, untapping Wellwisher.
- 3Pay 2 life to cast Wirewood Symbiote.
- 4Defiler of Vigor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 5Resolve Wirewood Symbiote.
- 6Repeat.
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#8
Mazzy, Truesword Paladin + Unbridled Growth + Defiler of Vigor + Dawnhart Geist
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Unbridled Growth by sacrificing it.
- 2Mazzy triggers, exiling Unbridled Growth and allowing you to cast it from exile until the end of your next turn.
- 3Resolve the Unbridled Growth ability, causing you to draw a card.
- 4Cast Unbridled Growth from exile by paying 2 life.
- 5Dawnhart Geist and Defiler of Vigor trigger.
- 6Resolve the Defiler of Vigor trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 7Resolve the Dawnhart Geist trigger, causing you to gain two life.
- 8Resolve Unbridled Growth, attaching it to any land you control.
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Legal formats
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