Inferno Project 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
Trample This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the total mana value of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Complete guide
Inferno Project is a massive Elemental that turns your past spells into present power. By tracking the total mana value of your graveyard, this creature can become a game-ending threat with just a single cast. Its built-in Trample ensures that its high power translates directly into damage against your opponent.
Scaling Power Through the Graveyard
The strength of Inferno Project is determined the moment it enters the battlefield. You look at every instant and sorcery card in your graveyard and add their mana values together. This total becomes the number of +1/+1 counters the creature receives, meaning it starts as a 0/0 but immediately grows based on your previous plays.
Resolution Step-by-Step
First, you cast Inferno Project for seven mana. As it resolves and moves from the stack to the battlefield, its replacement effect checks your graveyard. You calculate the sum of the mana values of all instant and sorcery cards currently there. The creature enters the battlefield with that many +1/+1 counters already on it. This is not a triggered ability, so there is no window for an opponent to kill it while it is still a 0/0.
Common Mistakes
Players often forget that 'mana value' refers to the cost printed in the upper right corner of the card, not the amount of mana spent to cast it. For example, a card with a cost of {2}{R}{R} always contributes 4 to the total, even if it was cast for free or discounted. Additionally, if your graveyard is exiled in response to the spell, Inferno Project will enter with zero counters and be put into the graveyard immediately as a 0/0 creature.
When to Play It
Inferno Project is an ideal finisher for spellslinger decks that have spent the early game casting high-cost removal or card draw. Because it has Trample, it is best played when your opponent has small blockers that cannot stop a creature with double-digit power from dealing lethal damage.
Interaction examples
Ancient Copper DragonIf you attack with Ancient Copper Dragon and deal combat damage, you roll a d20 to create Treasure tokens. If you roll high, you can sacrifice those Treasures to generate the seven mana needed to cast Inferno Project early, potentially catching your opponent off guard with a massive Trample creature.
Etali, Primal StormWhen Etali, Primal Storm attacks, you might cast high-cost instant or sorcery spells from the top of libraries for free. Once those spells resolve and move to your graveyard, their full mana values are counted by Inferno Project. Even if you didn't pay mana for the spells, their presence in the graveyard makes Inferno Project significantly larger when it eventually enters the battlefield.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Inferno Project
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Grimgrin by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Grimgrin ability.
- 4Repeat.
Ramos, Dragon Engine + Agatha's Soul Cauldron + Lilysplash Mentor + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Lilysplash Mentor by paying
, blinking Inferno Project. Inferno Project enters with at least five +1/+1 counters due to its replacement effect. - 2Activate Inferno Project using Ramos's ability by removing five +1/+1 counters from it, adding
. - 3Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bartolomé del Presidio + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bloodflow Connoisseur + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Bloodflow Connoisseur by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Bloodflow Connoisseur ability.
- 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Goblin Bombardment + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Umbral Collar Zealot + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phantom Train + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Phantom Train by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Phantom Train ability.
- 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Inferno Project
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Inferno Project.
- 2When Inferno Project dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Repeat.
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