Orzhov Racketeers 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 this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player discards a card. Afterlife 2 (When this creature dies, create two 1/1 white and black Spirit creature tokens with flying.)
How it works : Orzhov Racketeers
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 + Orzhov Racketeers
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Orzhov Racketeers, adding
. - 2When Orzhov Racketeers dies, its afterlife ability and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- 3Resolve the Orzhov Racketeers trigger, creating two 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 Orzhov Racketeers from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 6Repeat.
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Legal formats
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