Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer 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
This spell costsless to cast for each different mana value among cards in your graveyard. Whenever you discard a nonland card, you may cast it from your graveyard.
How it works : Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a split card in the graveyard is the total mana value of both halves of that card. It does not have two mana values.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a double-faced card in your graveyard is always the mana value of the front face.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
X is 0 when determining the mana value of a card in your graveyard.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The mana value of a land card is 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
You may cast the spell immediately. You must pay all costs for a spell cast this way.
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
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer + Shrieking Drake + Mind Over Matter
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Activate a mana-producing permanent by tapping it, adding
. - 2Activate Mind over Matter by discarding Shrieking Drake, targeting the mana-producing permanent.
- 3Oskar triggers, causing you to pay to cast Shrieking Drake from your graveyard.
- 4When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Mind over Matter ability from step 2, untapping the mana-producing permanent.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer + Shrieking Drake + Bone Miser + Skirge Familiar
Infinite black manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Skirga Familiar by discarding Shrieking Drake, adding
. - 2Oskar and Bone Miser's first ability triggers.
- 3Resolve the Bone Miser trigger, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Zombie, adding .
- 5Resolve the Oskar trigger, causing you to pay to cast Shrieking Drake from your graveyard.
- 6When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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#3
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer + Shrieking Drake + Skirge Familiar + Chromatic Orrery
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Activate Skirga Familiar by discarding Shrieking Drake, adding .
- 2Oskar triggers, causing you to pay to cast Shrieking Drake from your graveyard.
- 3When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#4
Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer + Shrieking Drake + Skirge Familiar + Mycosynth Lattice
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite self-discard triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Activate Skirga Familiar by discarding Shrieking Drake, adding .
- 2Oskar triggers, causing you to pay to cast Shrieking Drake from your graveyard.
- 3When Shrieking Drake enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning itself from the battlefield to your hand.
- 4Repeat.
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#5
Vigor + Hanabi Blast + Crystalline Crawler + Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Infinite colored manaInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hanabi Blast by paying
, targeting Crystalline Crawler. - 2Resolve Hanabi Blast, putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler due to Vigor's first ability, and then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 3Oskar triggers if the discarded card was a nonland card.
- 4Holding priority, activate Crystalline Crawler;s first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Oskar trigger, choosing to cast Hanabi Blast if it was the discarded card by paying targeting Crystalline Crawler, or choosing not to cast the card otherwise.
- 6If you did not cast Hanabi Blast using Oskar, cast it from your hand by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
- 8Once you have infinite colored mana, you may instead target any other creature and/or player with Hanabi Blast.
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#6
Vigor + Hanabi Blast + Crystalline Crawler + Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Infinite colored manaInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hanabi Blast by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Resolve Hanabi Blast, putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler due to Vigor's first ability, and then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 3Oskar triggers if the discarded card was a nonland card.
- 4Holding priority, activate Crystalline Crawler;s first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Oskar trigger, choosing to cast Hanabi Blast if it was the discarded card by paying targeting Crystalline Crawler, or choosing not to cast the card otherwise.
- 6If you did not cast Hanabi Blast using Oskar, cast it from your hand by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
- 8Once you have infinite colored mana, you may instead target any other creature and/or player with Hanabi Blast.
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#7
Vigor + Hanabi Blast + Crystalline Crawler + Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Infinite colored manaInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hanabi Blast by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Resolve Hanabi Blast, putting six +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler due to Vigor's first ability, and then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 3Oskar triggers if the discarded card was a nonland card.
- 4Holding priority, activate Crystalline Crawler;s first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Oskar trigger, choosing to cast Hanabi Blast if it was the discarded card by paying targeting Crystalline Crawler, or choosing not to cast the card otherwise.
- 6If you did not cast Hanabi Blast using Oskar, cast it from your hand by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
- 8Once you have infinite colored mana, you may instead target any other creature and/or player with Hanabi Blast.
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#8
Vigor + Hanabi Blast + Crystalline Crawler + Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer
Infinite colored manaInfinite damageInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite storm count
- 1Cast Hanabi Blast by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Resolve Hanabi Blast, putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler due to Vigor's first ability, and then returning Hanabi Blast to your hand and discarding a card at random.
- 3Oskar triggers if the discarded card was a nonland card.
- 4Holding priority, activate Crystalline Crawler;s first ability three times by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Oskar trigger, choosing to cast Hanabi Blast if it was the discarded card by paying targeting Crystalline Crawler, or choosing not to cast the card otherwise.
- 6If you did not cast Hanabi Blast using Oskar, cast it from your hand by paying , targeting Crystalline Crawler.
- 7Repeat from step 2.
- 8Once you have infinite colored mana, you may instead target any other creature and/or player with Hanabi Blast.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduel
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