Heavy Arbalest 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
Equipped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step. Equipped creature has ": This creature deals 2 damage to any target." Equip
How it works : Heavy Arbalest
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The equipped creature is the source of both the damage ability and the resultant damage, not Heavy Arbalest. For example, if Heavy Arbalest equips a green creature, the ability can target a creature with protection from artifacts but not one with protection from green.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The creature that doesn't untap during its controller's untap step is the one that Heavy Arbalest is equipped to as that untap step begins. If a creature was tapped to activate the ability granted to it by the Arbalest, but the Arbalest is no longer equipping it, it will untap as normal.
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
Thornbite Staff + Basilisk Collar + Heavy Arbalest
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefieldLock
- 1Activate the creature by tapping it, dealing damage to an opponent's creature.
- 2The opponent's creature dies due to deathtouch, triggering the second ability granted by Thornbite Staff, untapping your creature.
- 3Repeat until all opponents' creatures die.
- 4Repeat each time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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#2
Thornbite Staff + Gorgon's Head + Heavy Arbalest
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefieldLock
- 1Activate the creature by tapping it, dealing damage to an opponent's creature.
- 2The opponent's creature dies due to deathtouch, triggering the second ability granted by Thornbite Staff, untapping your creature.
- 3Repeat until all opponents' creatures die.
- 4Repeat each time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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#3
Thornbite Staff + Gorgon Flail + Heavy Arbalest
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefieldLock
- 1Activate the creature by tapping it, dealing damage to an opponent's creature.
- 2The opponent's creature dies due to deathtouch, triggering the second ability granted by Thornbite Staff, untapping your creature.
- 3Repeat until all opponents' creatures die.
- 4Repeat each time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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#4
Thornbite Staff + Heavy Arbalest + Quietus Spike
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefieldLock
- 1Activate the creature by tapping it, dealing damage to an opponent's creature.
- 2The opponent's creature dies due to deathtouch, triggering the second ability granted by Thornbite Staff, untapping your creature.
- 3Repeat until all opponents' creatures die.
- 4Repeat each time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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#5
Famished Paladin + Heavy Arbalest
Infinite damageInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Give Famished Paladin lifelink, if needed.
- 2Activate Famished Paladin by tapping it, dealing 2 damage to any target and causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Famished Paladin triggers, untapping itself.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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#6
Lurking Roper + Heavy Arbalest
Infinite damageInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Give Lurking Roper lifelink, if needed.
- 2Activate Lurking Roper by tapping it, dealing 2 damage to any target and causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Lurking Roper triggers, untapping itself.
- 4Repeat from step 2.
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#7
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant + Thornbite Staff + Heavy Arbalest
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's controlDestroy all creatures opponents controlLock
- 1Activate the Spider with Thornbite Staff and Heavy Arbalest attached by tapping it, dealing 1 damage to a creature an opponent controls and destroying it due to the Spider's deathtouch.
- 2When the creature dies, Shelob and the Spider tapped in step 1 trigger.
- 3Resolve the Shelob trigger, creating a token copy of the creature that died that is a Food artifact.
- 4Resolve the Spider trigger, untapping it.
- 5Repeat as desired. You can also repeat this loop whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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#8
Thornbite Staff + Heavy Arbalest + Nazgûl Battle-Mace
Destroy all creatures opponents controlDestroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefieldLock
- 1Activate the creature by tapping it, dealing damage to an opponent's creature.
- 2The opponent's creature dies due to deathtouch, triggering the second ability granted by Thornbite Staff, untapping your creature.
- 3Repeat until all opponents' creatures die.
- 4Repeat each time a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
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Legal formats
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