Evolution Witness 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
: Adapt 2. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put two +1/+1 counters on it.) Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
How it works : Evolution Witness
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You can always activate an ability that will cause a creature to adapt. As that ability resolves, if the creature has a +1/+1 counter on it for any reason, you simply won't put any +1/+1 counters on it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature somehow loses all of its +1/+1 counters, it can adapt again and get more +1/+1 counters.
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
Inexorable Tide + Evolution Witness
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast the creature with mana value 0 from your hand by paying
. - 2Inexorable Tide triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 3Evolution Witness triggers, returning the other creature with mana value 0 from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Resolve the creature spell cast in step 1.
- 5The creature enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Metastatic Evangel + Evolution Witness + Walking Ballista
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Walking Ballista by paying .
- 2Walking Ballista enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 3Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to proliferate and put a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning Walking Ballista from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
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#3
Evolution Witness + Ashnod's Altar + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast the creature with MV<=2 by paying its mana cost if it doesn't have
in its mana cost, or by paying enough mana where X=1 otherwise, causing the creature to enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. - 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature, adding
. - 3When the creature dies, Reyhan triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
- 6If the creature can be cast for or less, this combo nets infinite colorless mana, and you may cast that creature for an arbitrarily large amount of mana if it has in its mana cost.
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#4
Evolution Witness + Ashnod's Altar + Host of the Hereafter
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast the creature from your hand by paying
or less, causing the creature to enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. - 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature, adding .
- 3When the creature dies, Host of the Hereafter triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
- 6If the creature can be cast for or less, this combo nets infinite colorless mana, and you may cast that creature for an arbitrarily large amount of mana if it has in its mana cost.
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#5
Metastatic Evangel + Evolution Witness + Marketback Walker
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Marketback Walker by paying .
- 2Marketback Walker enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 3Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to proliferate and put a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning Marketback Walker from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
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#6
Metastatic Evangel + Evolution Witness + Stonecoil Serpent
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Stonecoil Serpent by paying .
- 2Stonecoil Serpent enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 3Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to proliferate and put a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning Stonecoil Serpent from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
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#7
Evolution Witness + Phyrexian Altar + Reyhan, Last of the Abzan
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast the creature with MV<=1 by paying its mana cost if it doesn't have in its mana cost, or by paying
otherwise, causing the creature to enter the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. - 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature, adding .
- 3When the creature dies, Reyhan triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning the creature from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
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#8
Metastatic Evangel + Evolution Witness + Hangarback Walker
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hangarback Walker by paying .
- 2Hangarback Walker enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
- 3Metastatic Evangel triggers, causing you to proliferate and put a +1/+1 counter on Evolution Witness.
- 4Evolution Witness triggers, returning Hangarback Walker from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Repeat.
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Legal formats
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