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Mishra's GroundbreakerHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Masters Edition II· September 22, 2008
Carte Magic Mishra's Groundbreaker

Mishra's Groundbreaker 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

{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target land becomes a 3/3 artifact creature that's still a land. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

How it works : Mishra's Groundbreaker

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    The ability’s effect has no duration. The affected land will remain an artifact, creature, and land until the game ends, it leaves the battlefield, or some other effect changes its types.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn’t matter how long the permanent has been a creature.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Lotus Field
+Mishra's Groundbreaker
+Voltaic Construct
#1

Lotus Field + Mishra's Groundbreaker + Voltaic Construct

Infinite colored manaInfinite untap of artifact creatures you control
  1. 1Activate Mishra's Groundbreaker by tapping and sacrificing it, causing Lotus Field to become a 3/3 artifact creature that's still a land.
  2. 2Activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding three mana of any color.
  3. 3Activate Voltaic Construct by paying {2}, untapping Lotus Field.
  4. 4Repeat from step 2.
Lotus Field
+Mishra's Groundbreaker
+Freed from the Real
#2

Lotus Field + Mishra's Groundbreaker + Freed from the Real

Infinite colored mana
  1. 1Activate Mishra's Groundbreaker by tapping and sacrificing it, causing Lotus Field to become a 3/3 artifact creature that's still a land.
  2. 2Activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding {U}{U}{U}.
  3. 3Cast Freed from the Real by paying {2}{U}, attaching it to Lotus Field.
  4. 4Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying {U}, untapping Lotus Field.
  5. 5Activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding {U}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat from step 4.
Lotus Field
+Mishra's Groundbreaker
+Pemmin's Aura
#3

Lotus Field + Mishra's Groundbreaker + Pemmin's Aura

Infinite colored mana
  1. 1Activate Mishra's Groundbreaker by tapping and sacrificing it, causing Lotus Field to become a 3/3 artifact creature that's still a land.
  2. 2Activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding {U}{U}{U}.
  3. 3Cast Pemmin's Aura by paying {1}{U}{U}, attaching it to Lotus Field.
  4. 4Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying {U}, untapping Lotus Field.
  5. 5Activate Lotus Field by tapping it, adding {U}{U}{U}.
  6. 6Repeat from step 4.
The Master, Multiplied
+Dark Depths
+Vampire Hexmage
+Mishra's Groundbreaker
#4

The Master, Multiplied + Dark Depths + Vampire Hexmage + Mishra's Groundbreaker

Draw the game
  1. 1Cast Replication Technique by paying {4}{U}, creating a token copy of Dark Depths.
  2. 2Activate Mishra's Groundbreaker by tapping and sacrificing it, causing Dark Depths to become a creature.
  3. 3Activate Vampire Hexmage by sacrificing it, removing all counters from the Dark Depths token.
  4. 4The Dark Depths token triggers, causing you to not sacrifice it due to The Master.
  5. 5Step 4 repeats infinitely, creating a mandatory infinite loop, causing the game to end in a draw.
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