Horseshoe Crab 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
: Untap this creature.
How it works : Horseshoe Crab
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Experiment Kraj + Incubation Druid + Horseshoe Crab
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- 1Activate Experiment Kraj by tapping it, putting a +1/+1 counter on Horseshoe Crab.
- 2Activate Experiment Kraj using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying
, untapping it.
- 3Activate Experiment Kraj by tapping it, putting a +1/+1 counter on Incubation Druid.
- 4Activate Experiment Kraj using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying
, untapping it.
- 5Activate Experiment Kraj by tapping it, putting a +1/+1 counter on itself.
- 6Activate Experiment Kraj using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying
, untapping it.
- 7Activate Experiment Kraj using Incubation Druid's ability by tapping it, adding at least
.
- 8Repeat from step 6.
#2
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Horseshoe Crab + Enduring Vitality
Infinite colored manaPut most creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
- 1Activate Horseshoe Crab by tapping it, adding
.
- 2Kinnan triggers, adding
.
- 3Activate Horseshoe Crab by paying
, untapping it.
- 4Repeat.
#3
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Horseshoe Crab + Cryptolith Rite
Infinite colored manaPut most creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
- 1Activate Horseshoe Crab by tapping it, adding
.
- 2Kinnan triggers, adding
.
- 3Activate Horseshoe Crab by paying
, untapping it.
- 4Repeat.
#4
Mairsil, the Pretender + Quicksilver Elemental + Gilded Lotus + Horseshoe Crab
Infinite colored mana
- 1Activate Mairsil using Gilded Lotus' ability by tapping it, adding
.
- 2Activate Mairsil using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying
, untapping it.
- 3Activate Mairsil using Quicksilver Elemental's ability by paying
, causing it to gain all activated abilities of itself until end of turn.
- 4Repeat.
- 5If desired, you may use any of Staff of Domination's other abilities using Mairsil, and then use Quicksilver Elemental's ability to use them infinitely.
#5
Rex, Cyber-Hound + Omen Hawker + Horseshoe Crab
Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
- 1Activate Rex using Omen Hawker's ability by tapping it, adding
that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 2Activate Rex using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying
, untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
#6
Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Incubation Druid + Horseshoe Crab
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- 1Activate Marvin using Incubation Druid's ability by tapping it, adding
.
- 2Activate Marvin using Horseshoe Crab's ability by paying
, untapping it.
- 3Repeat.
#7
Mimeoplasm, Revered One + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Horseshoe Crab
Infinite colored mana
- 1Activate Mimeoplasm by paying
, causing it to become a copy of Kami of Whispered Hopes.
- 2Activate Mimeoplasm by tapping it, adding at least six
.
- 3Activate Mimeoplasm by paying
, causing it to become a copy of Horseshoe Crab.
- 4Activate Mimeoplasm by paying
, untapping it.
- 5Repeat.
#8
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy + Horseshoe Crab + Paradise Mantle
Infinite colored manaPut most creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
- 1Activate Horseshoe Crab by tapping it, adding
.
- 2Kinnan triggers, adding
.
- 3Activate Horseshoe Crab by paying
, untapping it.
- 4Repeat.
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Legal formats
modernlegacypaupervintagepennycommanderoathbreakerpaupercommanderduelpremodernpredhtlr
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