Marina Vendrell's Grimoire 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
When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters, if you cast it, draw five cards. You have no maximum hand size and don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. Whenever you gain life, draw that many cards. Whenever you lose life, discard that many cards. Then if you have no cards in hand, you lose the game.
How it works : Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You have no maximum hand size regardless of what your life total is.
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
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Queza, Augur of Agonies
Infinite card drawNear-infinite lifelossInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegain
- 1Cast Marina Vendrell's Grimoire by paying
. - 2When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw five cards.
- 3Queza triggers five times.
- 4Resolve the first Queza trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
- 5Marina Vendrell's Grimoire's second ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Queza triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
- 7Repeat from step 5.
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#2
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Shabraz, the Skyshark
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite lifegain
- 1Cast Marina Vendrell's Grimoire by paying .
- 2When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw five cards.
- 3Shabraz triggers five times.
- 4Resolve the first Shabraz trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 5Marina Vendrell's Grimoire's second ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Shabraz triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 7Repeat from step 5.
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#3
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Cast Marina Vendrell's Grimoire by paying .
- 2When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw five cards.
- 3Sheoldred's first ability triggers five times.
- 4Resolve the first Sheoldred trigger, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 5Marina Vendrell's Grimoire's second ability triggers, causing you to draw two cards.
- 6Sheoldred's first ability triggers twice.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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#4
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Starving Revenant
Infinite card drawNear-infinite lifelossInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegain
- 1Cast Marina Vendrell's Grimoire by paying .
- 2When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw five cards.
- 3Starving Revenant's second ability triggers five times.
- 4Resolve the first Starving Revenant trigger, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
- 5Marina Vendrell's Grimoire's second ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Starving Revenant's second ability triggers, causing you to gain 1 life and an opponent to lose 1 life.
- 7Repeat from step 5.
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#5
Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Horizon Chimera
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Cast Marina Vendrell's Grimoire by paying .
- 2When Marina Vendrell's Grimoire enters the battlefield, its first ability triggers, causing you to draw five cards.
- 3Horizon Chimera triggers five times.
- 4Resolve the first Horizon Chimera trigger, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 5Marina Vendrell's Grimoire's second ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Horizon Chimera triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 7Repeat from step 5.
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#6
Feast of Sanity + Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
Infinite self-discard triggersNear-infinite lifegain triggersInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite damage
- 1During your cleanup step, discard to your maximum hand size.
- 2Feast of Sanity triggers for each card discarded this way.
- 3Resolve the first Feast of Sanity trigger, dealing 1 damage to any target and causing you to gain 1 life.
- 4Marina Vendrell's Grimoire triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 5Repeat from step 3 for each remaining Feast of Sanity trigger.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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#7
Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Exquisite Blood + Marina Vendrell's Grimoire
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Niv-Mizzet triggers, dealing 1 damage to an opponent.
- 3Exquisite Blood triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 4Marina Vendrell's Grimoire triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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#8
Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Marina Vendrell's Grimoire + Bloodthirsty Conqueror
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Niv-Mizzet triggers, dealing 1 damage to an opponent.
- 3Bloodthirsty Conqueror triggers, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 4Marina Vendrell's Grimoire triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduel
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