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Patrol SignalerHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Eventide· July 25, 2008
Carte Magic Patrol Signaler

Patrol Signaler 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

{1}{W}, {Q}: Create a 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature token. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

How it works : Patrol Signaler

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    If the permanent is already untapped, you can’t activate its {Q} ability. That’s because you can’t pay the “Untap this permanent” cost.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    The “summoning sickness” rule applies to {Q}. If a creature with an {Q} ability hasn’t been under your control since your most recent turn began, you can’t activate that ability. Ignore this rule if the creature also has haste.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    When you activate an {Q} ability, you untap the creature with that ability as a cost. The untap can’t be responded to. (The actual ability can be responded to, of course.)

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Patrol Signaler
+Earthcraft
#1

Patrol Signaler + Earthcraft

Infinite creature ETBInfinite tapped creature tokens
  1. 1Activate a basic Plains by tapping it, adding {W}.
  2. 2Activate Earthcraft by tapping Patrol Signaler, untapping the basic Plains.
  3. 3Activate the Plains by tapping it, adding {W}.
  4. 4Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {1}{W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  5. 5Activate Earthcraft by tapping the Kithkin Soldier, untapping the Plains.
  6. 6Repeat.
Patrol Signaler
+Cryptolith Rite
+Thousand-Year Elixir
#2

Patrol Signaler + Cryptolith Rite + Thousand-Year Elixir

Infinite creature ETBInfinite tapped creature tokens
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler and another creature you control by tapping them, adding {1}{W}.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {1}{W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3Repeat.
Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
+Patrol Signaler
+Biomancer's Familiar
#3

Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Patrol Signaler + Biomancer's Familiar

Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler by tapping it, adding {W} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3Repeat.
Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
+Patrol Signaler
+Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
#4

Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Patrol Signaler + Agatha of the Vile Cauldron

Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler by tapping it, adding {W} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3Repeat.
Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
+Patrol Signaler
+Zirda, the Dawnwaker
#5

Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Patrol Signaler + Zirda, the Dawnwaker

Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler by tapping it, adding {W} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3Repeat.
Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
+Patrol Signaler
+Training Grounds
#6

Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Patrol Signaler + Training Grounds

Infinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler by tapping it, adding {W} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3Repeat.
Patrol Signaler
+Cryptolith Rite
+Concordant Crossroads
#7

Patrol Signaler + Cryptolith Rite + Concordant Crossroads

Infinite creature ETBInfinite tapped creature tokens
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler and another creature you control by tapping them, adding {1}{W}.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {1}{W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3Repeat.
Tazri, Stalwart Survivor
+Patrol Signaler
+Intruder Alarm
#8

Tazri, Stalwart Survivor + Patrol Signaler + Intruder Alarm

Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilitiesInfinite creature tokensInfinite creature ETBInfinite mana creatures you control can produce
  1. 1Activate Patrol Signaler and Tazri by tapping them, adding {1}{W} that can only be spent to activate abilities.
  2. 2Activate Patrol Signaler by paying {1}{W} and untapping it, creating a 1/1 Kithkin Soldier creature token.
  3. 3When the Kithkin Soldier enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  4. 4Repeat.
  5. 5If you control another creature with an activated ability that does not have summoning sickness, you may also tap that creature to get infinite colored mana that can only be spent to activate abilities.

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