Fearsome Awakening 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
Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. If it's a Dragon, put two +1/+1 counters on it.
How it works : Fearsome Awakening
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
No player can cast spells or activate abilities between returning the creature card to the battlefield and checking whether it’s a Dragon.
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
Scholar of the Ages + Fearsome Awakening + Sacrifice
Infinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Sacrifice by paying
and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven . - 2Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying
, returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Sacrifice and Fearsome Awakening from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Goblin Bombardment + Dualcaster Mage + Fearsome Awakening
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite damage
- 1Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Fearsome Awakening.
- 4Holding priority, activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Fearsome Awakening
- 6Resolve the Fearsome Awakening copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#3
Scholar of the Ages + Fearsome Awakening + Burnt Offering
Infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Burnt Offering by paying and sacrificing Scholar of the Ages, adding seven mana in any combination of and/or
. - 2Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying , returning Scholar of the Ages from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Scholar of the Ages triggers, returning Burnt Offering and Fearsome Awakening from your graveyard to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Dualcaster Mage + Fearsome Awakening + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Fearsome Awakening.
- 4Holding priority, activate Grimgrin by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, putting a +1/+1 counter on Grimgrin and untapping it.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Fearsome Awakening
- 6Resolve the Fearsome Awakening copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#5
Viscera Seer + Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Fearsome Awakening
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Fearsome Awakening.
- 4Holding priority, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Naru Meha, causing you to scry 1.
- 5Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Fearsome Awakening
- 6Resolve the Fearsome Awakening copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#6
Naru Meha, Master Wizard + Fearsome Awakening + Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Naru Meha by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Naru Meha enters, it triggers, targeting Fearsome Awakening.
- 4Holding priority, activate Hammerhead by sacrificing Naru Meha, putting a +1/+1 counter on Hammerhead.
- 5Resolve the Naru Meha trigger, copying Fearsome Awakening
- 6Resolve the Fearsome Awakening copy, returning Naru Meha from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#7
Dualcaster Mage + Fearsome Awakening + Phantom Train
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Fearsome Awakening.
- 4Holding priority, activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, putting a +1/+1 counter on Phantom Train and causing it to become a creature until end of turn.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Fearsome Awakening
- 6Resolve the Fearsome Awakening copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#8
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine + Dualcaster Mage + Fearsome Awakening
Infinite Blood tokensInfinite artifact tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Cast Fearsome Awakening by paying its mana cost.
- 2Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
- 3When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Fearsome Awakening.
- 4Holding priority, activate Shilgengar by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage, creating a Blood token.
- 5Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Fearsome Awakening
- 6Resolve the Fearsome Awakening copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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Legal formats
pioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduel
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