Keening Stone 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
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: Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of cards in that player's graveyard.
How it works : Keening Stone
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The value of X is determined as the ability starts to resolve. If the targeted player has five cards in their graveyard at that time, for example, this ability will put five more cards into that graveyard from the top of that player's library.
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
Maddening Cacophony + Keening Stone
Infinite mill for target opponentNear-infinite mill
- 1Cast Maddening Cacophony with kicker by paying
, causing each opponent to mill half their library, rounded up. - 2Activate Keening Stone by paying and tapping it, causing an opponent to mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard, thus milling the rest of their library.
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#2
Traumatize + Keening Stone
Infinite mill for target opponent
- 1Cast Traumatize by paying
, causing an opponent to mill half their library, rounded down. - 2Activate Keening Stone by paying and tapping it, causing the opponent to mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard, thus milling the rest of their library.
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#3
Cut Your Losses + Keening Stone
Infinite mill for target opponent
- 1Cast Cut Your Losses by paying , causing an opponent to mill half their library, rounded down.
- 2Activate Keening Stone by paying and tapping it, causing the opponent to mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard, thus milling the rest of their library.
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#4
Fleet Swallower + Keening Stone
Infinite self-millInfinite mill for target opponent
- 1Declare Lord Xander as an attacker, triggering its second ability, causing a player to mill half their library, rounded up.
- 2Activate Keening Stone by paying and tapping it, causing the player to mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard, thus milling the rest of their library.
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#5
Terisian Mindbreaker + Keening Stone
Infinite mill for target opponent
- 1Declare Terisian Mindbreaker as an attacker, triggering its ability, causing the defending player to mill half their library, rounded up.
- 2Activate Keening Stone by paying and tapping it, causing the player to mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard, thus milling the rest of their library.
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#6
Lord Xander, the Collector + Keening Stone
Infinite mill for target opponent
- 1Declare Lord Xander as an attacker, triggering its second ability, causing the defending player to mill half their library, rounded down.
- 2Activate Keening Stone by paying and tapping it, causing the player to mill cards equal to the number of cards in their graveyard, thus milling the rest of their library.
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Legal formats
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