Knight of the Last Breath 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
, Sacrifice another nontoken creature: Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. Afterlife 3 (When this creature dies, create three 1/1 white and black Spirit creature tokens with flying.)
How it works : Knight of the Last Breath
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Because blockers are chosen all at once, you can't block with a creature with afterlife, wait for it to die, then block with the resulting Spirit tokens.
Card named in this ruling
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Knight of the Last Breath
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Knight of the Last Breath, adding
. - 2When Knight of the Last Breath dies, its afterlife ability and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- 3Resolve the Knight of the Last Breath trigger, creating three 1/1 Spirit creature tokens.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Spirit, adding .
- 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay
to return Knight of the Last Breath from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 6Repeat.
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#2
Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar + Knight of the Last Breath
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Knight of the Last Breath, adding .
- 2When Knight of the Last Breath dies, its afterlife ability and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- 3Resolve the Knight of the Last Breath trigger, creating three 1/1 Spirit creature tokens.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar three times by sacrificing the Spirits, adding .
- 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay to return Knight of the Last Breath from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- 6Repeat.
Related cards and tokens
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Legal formats
historictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerbrawlcompetitivebrawlduel
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