Overwhelming Splendor 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.
Official card text
Enchant player Creatures enchanted player controls lose all abilities and have base power and toughness 1/1. Enchanted player can't activate abilities that aren't mana abilities or loyalty abilities.
How it works : Overwhelming Splendor
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature enters the battlefield under enchanted player's control, any "when [this creature] enters the battlefield" abilities of that creature won't trigger. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities won't be applied.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Effects that modify a creature's power and/or toughness, such as the effect of Titanic Growth, will apply to the creatures no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for any counters that change their power and/or toughness.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect grants a creature an ability after Overwhelming Splendor has become attached to its controller, that creature won't lose that ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a noncreature permanent becomes a creature, it will lose all abilities it has. However, if the effect that makes that permanent a creature grants it an ability, it will continue to have that ability. For example, the enchanted player's Riddleform will have flying once it becomes a creature.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Overwhelming Splendor overwrites all previous effects that set a creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply to a creature after Overwhelming Splendor becomes attached to its controller will overwrite this effect. For example, the enchanted player's Riddleform will become a 3/3 creature if player casts a noncreature spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip and eternalize) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") of noncreature permanents are unaffected by the last ability of Overwhelming Splendor.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate. A loyalty ability is an ability of a planeswalker whose cost specifies how many loyalty counters to give or remove.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
While the enchanted player can still activate mana abilities and loyalty abilities, creatures that player controls won't normally have any of those abilities to be activated.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
If Overwhelming Splendor leaves the battlefield at the same time as a creature enchanted player controls, any "when [this creature] [dies or leaves the battlefield]" abilities of that creature won't trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Goblin Sharpshooter + Overwhelming Splendor
- 1Activate Goblin Sharpshooter by tapping it, dealing 1 damage to a creature an opponent controls.
- 2The creature dealt damage dies as a state based action due to having 1 toughness and 1 damage dealt to it.
- 3Goblin Sharpshooter triggers, untapping Goblin Sharpshooter.
- 4Repeat as desired.
- 5You may also repeat this loop whenever a creature enters the battlefield under an opponent's control.
Overwhelming Splendor + Eater of Days + Oath of Teferi + Tamiyo, Collector of Tales
- 1Cast Fractured Identity by paying
, exiling Eater of Days and creating a token copy under each opponent's control. - 2Each Eater of Days enters the battlefield, triggering itself, causing each opponent to skip their next two turns.
- 3Activate Tamiyo's first loyalty ability by putting a loyalty counter on it, choosing any card name.
- 4Activate Tamiyo's second loyalty ability by removing three loyalty counters from it, returning Fractured Identity from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Move to your next turn.
- 6Cast Fractured Identity by paying , exiling an opponent's Eater of Days token, creating a copy with no abilities under your control and a copy with abilities under each other opponent's control.
- 7Each new Eater of Days not controlled by you enters the battlefield, triggering itself, causing its controller to skip their next two turns.
- 8Activate Tamiyo's first loyalty ability twice by putting two loyalty counters on it, choosing any card names.
Abandoned Sarcophagus + Overwhelming Splendor + Hollow One + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Hollow One either from your hand or from your graveyard by paying at most
. - 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Hollow One, adding
. - 3If you cast Hollow One from your graveyard, Hollow One is not exiled by Abandoned Sarcophagus due to Overwhelming Splendor removing Hollow One's cycling ability.
- 4Repeat.
Overwhelming Splendor + Ashnod's Altar + Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom + Mycosynth Lattice
- 1Cast Lunarch Veteran from your graveyard for its disturb cost by paying
, causing it to enter the battlefield transformed as Luminous Phantom. - 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Luminous Phantom, adding .
- 3Because Overwhelming Splendor causes Luminous Phantom to lose all abilities, it is not exiled when it is sacrificed, and is returned to your graveyard as Lunarch Veteran.
- 4Repeat.
Abandoned Sarcophagus + Phyrexian Altar + Sandbar Merfolk + Overwhelming Splendor
- 1Cast Sandbar Merfolk from your hand or graveyard by paying .
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Sandbar Merfolk, adding .
- 3If Sandbar Merfolk was cast from your graveyard, Sandbar Merfolk is not exiled by Abandoned Sarcophagus due to Overwhelming Splendor removing Sandbar Merfolk's cycling ability.
- 4Repeat.
Abandoned Sarcophagus + Phyrexian Altar + Overwhelming Splendor + Hollow One
- 1Cast Hollow One from your graveyard by paying at most .
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Hollow One, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Hollow One is not exiled by Abandoned Sarcophagus due to Overwhelming Splendor removing Hollow One's cycling ability.
- 4Repeat.
- 5If you have discarded and/or cycled three or more cards, this combo nets infinite colored mana.
Abandoned Sarcophagus + Phyrexian Altar + Flourishing Fox + Overwhelming Splendor
- 1Cast Flourishing Fox from your hand or graveyard by paying .
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Flourishing Fox, adding .
- 3If Flourishing Fox was cast from your graveyard, Flourishing Fox is not exiled by Abandoned Sarcophagus due to Overwhelming Splendor removing Flourishing Fox's cycling ability.
- 4Repeat.
Overwhelming Splendor + Ashnod's Altar + Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom + Chromatic Orrery
- 1Cast Lunarch Veteran from your graveyard for its disturb cost by paying , causing it to enter the battlefield transformed as Luminous Phantom.
- 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Luminous Phantom, adding .
- 3Because Overwhelming Splendor causes Luminous Phantom to lose all abilities, it is not exiled when it is sacrificed, and is returned to your graveyard as Lunarch Veteran.
- 4Repeat.
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