Djinn Illuminatus 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
(can be paid with either
or
.) Flying Each instant and sorcery spell you cast has replicate. The replicate cost is equal to its mana cost. (When you cast it, copy it for each time you paid its replicate cost. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
How it works : Djinn Illuminatus
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a spell that already has replicate while you have this creature on the battlefield, the spell will have two replicate abilities: one with a replicate cost as printed on it, and one with a replicate cost equal to its mana cost. (In this set, both costs are always the same.) You may use either ability, or both abilities, to replicate the spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast an instant or sorcery spell that has
in its mana cost, the value of X in the spell's replicate cost will be the same as the value of X you chose for its mana cost.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
Djinn Illuminatus + Pact of the Titan + Impact Tremors
Infinite creature tokensInfinite damageInfinite creature ETBInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Pact of the Titan choosing to pay its replicate cost an arbitrarily large number of times, paying a total of
. - 2Pact of the Titan's replicate ability triggers, causing you to copy Pact of the Titan for each time the replicate cost was paid.
- 3Resolve the first Pact of the Titan, creating a 4/4 Giant creature token.
- 4When the Giant enters the battlefield, Impact Tremors triggers, dealing 1 damage to each opponent.
- 5Repeat from step 3 for each remaining Pact of the Titan.
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#2
Venerated Rotpriest + Slaughter Pact + Djinn Illuminatus
Each opponent loses the gameInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Slaughter Pact, choosing to pay its replicate cost at least ten times per opponent you have, by paying a total of , targeting Venerated Rotpriest.
- 2Venerated Rotpriest and Slaughter Pact's replicate ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Slaughter Pact trigger, creating a copy for each time its replicate cost was paid, with each copy targeting Venerated Rotpriest.
- 4Venerated Rotpriest triggers for each copy targeting it this way.
- 5Resolve the first Venerated Rotpriest trigger, causing an opponent to get a poison counter.
- 6Repeat step 5 until the opponent loses the game due to having ten poison counters.
- 7Repeat from step 5 for each remaining opponent.
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#3
Djinn Illuminatus + Pact of the Titan + Goblin Bombardment
Infinite creature tokensInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Pact of the Titan choosing to pay its replicate cost an arbitrarily large number of times, paying a total of .
- 2Pact of the Titan's replicate ability triggers, causing you to copy Pact of the Titan for each time the replicate cost was paid.
- 3Resolve all Pact of the Titans, creating an arbitrarily large number of 4/4 Giant creature tokens.
- 4Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing a Giant token, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Repeat step 4.
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#4
Djinn Illuminatus + Narset's Reversal + Time Warp
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Cast Time Warp by paying
. - 2Holding priority, cast Narset's Reversal, choosing to pay its replicate cost once, by paying a total of , targeting Time Warp.
- 3Narset's Reversal's replicate ability triggers, creating a copy of it targeting the original Narset's Reversal.
- 4Resolve the copy of Narset's Reversal, creating a copy of the original Narset's Reversal targeting Time Warp and returning the original Narset's Reversal to your hand.
- 5Resolve the second copy of Narset's Reversal, creating a copy of Time Warp and returning the original Time Warp to your hand.
- 6Resolve the copy of Time Warp, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 7Repeat each turn.
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#5
Djinn Illuminatus + Pact of the Titan + Mass Hysteria
Infinite combat damageInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Pact of the Titan choosing to pay its replicate cost an arbitrarily large number of times, paying a total of .
- 2Pact of the Titan's replicate ability triggers, causing you to copy Pact of the Titan for each time the replicate cost was paid.
- 3Resolve all Pact of the Titans, creating an arbitrarily large number of 4/4 Giant creature tokens.
- 4You may then move to your combat step, and use the infinite Giant tokens to deal infinite combat damage to each opponent.
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#6
Djinn Illuminatus + Pact of the Titan + Warstorm Surge
Infinite creature tokensInfinite damageInfinite creature ETBInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Pact of the Titan choosing to pay its replicate cost an arbitrarily large number of times, paying a total of .
- 2Pact of the Titan's replicate ability triggers, causing you to copy Pact of the Titan for each time the replicate cost was paid.
- 3Resolve the first Pact of the Titan, creating a 4/4 Giant creature token.
- 4When the Giant enters the battlefield, Warstorm Surge triggers, dealing damage equal to the Giant's power to any target.
- 5Repeat from step 3 for each remaining Pact of the Titan.
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#7
Djinn Illuminatus + Slaughter Pact + Giggling Skitterspike
Infinite damageInfinite magecraft triggers
- 1Cast Slaughter Pact, choosing to pay its replicate cost an arbitrarily large number of times, by paying a total of , targeting Giggling Skitterspike.
- 2Giggling Skitterspike and Slaughter Pact's replicate ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Giggling Skitterspike trigger, dealing damage equal to its power to each opponent.
- 4Resolve the Slaughter Pact trigger, copying it for each time its replicate cost was paid, with each copy targeting Giggling Skitterspike.
- 5Giggling Skitterspike triggers for each Slaughter Pact copy made.
- 6Resolve a Giggling Skitterspike trigger, dealing damage equal to its power to each opponent.
- 7Repeat step 6 for each remaining trigger.
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#8
Djinn Illuminatus + Pact of the Titan + Hammer of Purphoros
Infinite combat damageInfinite damageInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Pact of the Titan choosing to pay its replicate cost an arbitrarily large number of times, paying a total of .
- 2Pact of the Titan's replicate ability triggers, causing you to copy Pact of the Titan for each time the replicate cost was paid.
- 3Resolve all Pact of the Titans, creating an arbitrarily large number of 4/4 Giant creature tokens.
- 4You may then move to your combat step, and use the infinite Giant tokens to deal infinite combat damage to each opponent.
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