Fiendish Panda 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.
Official card text
Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. When this creature dies, return another target non-Bear creature card with mana value less than or equal to this creature's power from your graveyard to the battlefield.
How it works : Fiendish Panda
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Fiendish Panda's first ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Dazzling Angel or 4 life from Apothecary Stomper.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Fiendish Panda is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its first ability in time to save it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Fiendish Panda's first ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something or "equal to the number" of something, that life is gained as one event and Fiendish Panda's first ability triggers only once.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Fiendish Panda's first ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Use Fiendish Panda's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine which creature cards may be targeted with its last ability. (Feel free to think of this as a metric of just how fiendish the panda was.)
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Viscera Seer
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Fiendish Panda.
- 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
- 7Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Fiendish Panda, adding
. - 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Carrion Feeder
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Fiendish Panda.
- 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Fiendish Panda, adding one mana of any color.
- 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Altar of Dementia
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Fiendish Panda.
- 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Fiendish Panda's power.
- 7Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Bartolomé del Presidio
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Fiendish Panda.
- 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Repeat.
Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Walking Ballista + Fiendish Panda
- 1Activate Fiendish Panda by using Walking Ballista's ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, dealing 1 damage to any target and causing you to gain 1 life due to its lifelink.
- 2Fiendish Panda triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Repeat.
Saffi Eriksdotter + Fiendish Panda + Umbral Collar Zealot
- 1Activate Saffi by sacrificing it, targeting Fiendish Panda.
- 2Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Fiendish Panda.
- 3When Fiendish Panda dies, its second ability and Saffi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Saffi trigger, returning Fiendish Panda from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Resolve the Fiendish Panda trigger, returning Saffi from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 6Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability
- 7Repeat.
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