Nadir Kraken 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
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
How it works : Nadir Kraken
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
While resolving Nadir Kraken's ability, you can't pay
multiple times to create multiple Tentacles or to give it multiple +1/+1 counters.Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You choose whether to pay
after drawing the card and seeing what it is. If you draw multiple cards, you see them all before deciding how many of the resulting triggers you'll pay for.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Nadir Kraken leaves the battlefield after its ability has triggered, you can still pay
and get a Tentacle, even though you won't put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken.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
Marneus Calgar + Nadir Kraken + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite colorless mana
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to put a +1/+1 counter on it and create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
- 3The Tentacle enters the battlefield, triggering Marneus.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Tentacle, adding
. - 5Resolve the Marneus trigger, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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Marneus Calgar + Nadir Kraken + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite death triggers
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to put a +1/+1 counter on it and create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
- 3The Tentacle enters the battlefield, triggering Marneus.
- 4Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Tentacle, adding .
- 5Resolve the Marneus trigger, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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Nadir Kraken + Liliana, Dreadhorde General + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite colorless mana
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding .
- 2The creature dies, triggering Liliana, letting you draw a card.
- 3Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken and create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Nadir Kraken + Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite card drawInfinite colorless mana
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token and to put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken.
- 3When the Tentacle enters, Mister Fantastic triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Tentacle, adding .
- 5Resolve the Mister Fantastic trigger, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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#5
Nadir Kraken + Skullclamp + Ashnod's Altar + Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite colorless mana
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with Skullclamp attached, adding .
- 2The creature dies, triggering Skullclamp, causing you to draw two cards.
- 3Nadir Kraken triggers twice, causing you to pay
to put two +1/+1 counters on Nadir Kraken and create two 1/1 Tentacle creature tokens. - 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Tentacle, adding .
- 5Activate Skullclamp by paying , equipping it to a Tentacle token.
- 6Repeat.
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Nadir Kraken + Symmetry Matrix + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite death triggers
- 1Draw a card.
- 2Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to put a +1/+1 counter on it, and to create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
- 3The Tentacle enters the battlefield, triggering Symmetry Matrix.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Tentacle, adding .
- 5Resolve the Symmetry Matrix trigger, causing you to pay to draw a card.
- 6Repeat from step 2.
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Nadir Kraken + Liliana, Dreadhorde General + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureNear-infinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding .
- 2The creature dies, triggering Liliana, letting you draw a card.
- 3Nadir Kraken triggers, causing you to pay to put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken and create a 1/1 Tentacle creature token.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Kels, Fight Fixer + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Nadir Kraken
Infinite card drawNear-infinite colorless manaNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Sacrifice the additional creature to Ashnod's Altar, adding .
- 2Pitiless Plunderer and Kels trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger first, creating a treasure token.
- 4Sacrifice a treasure tokens to pay for Kels' trigger, drawing a card.
- 5Pay for the Nadir Kraken trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken and creating a 1/1 Tentacle token.
- 6Repeat for infinite card draw.
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Legal formats
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