Plaguemaw Beast 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
, Sacrifice a creature: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
How it works : Plaguemaw Beast
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You can sacrifice Plaguemaw Beast to pay the cost of its own activated ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You can activate the ability even if there are no players or permanents with counters on them.
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
Plaguemaw Beast + Intruder Alarm + Scurry Oak
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing another creature, putting a +1/+1 counter on Scurry Oak.
- 2Scurry Oak triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 3When the Squirrel enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Venser, Corpse Puppet + Plaguemaw Beast + Intruder Alarm
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana creatures you control can produce
- 1Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing a creature, causing you to proliferate.
- 2Venser triggers, creating a legendary 3/3 The Hollow Sentinel artifact creature token.
- 3The Hollow Sentinel enters the battlefield, triggering Intruder Alarm, untapping all creatures.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Plaguemaw Beast + Thornbite Staff + Scurry Oak
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing another creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Plaguemaw Beast triggers, untapping itself.
- 3Resolve the Plaguemaw Beast ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on Scurry Oak.
- 4Scurry Oak triggers, creating a 1/1 Squirrel creature token.
- 5Repeat.
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#4
Berta, Wise Extrapolator + Intruder Alarm + Plaguemaw Beast
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite mana creatures you control can produce
- 1Activate Berta by paying
and tapping it, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and putting a +1/+1 counter on it. - 2When the Fractal enters, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- 3Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing the Fractal, causing you to proliferate and put a +1/+1 counter on Berta.
- 4Berta triggers, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Venser, Corpse Puppet + Plaguemaw Beast + Thornbite Staff
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite proliferate
- 1Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing a creature.
- 2The creature dies, triggering Plaguemaw Beast, untapping Plaguemaw Beast.
- 3Resolve the Plaguemaw Beast ability from step 1, causing you to proliferate.
- 4Venser triggers, creating a legendary 3/3 The Hollow Sentinel artifact creature token.
- 5Repeat.
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#6
Plaguemaw Beast + Intruder Alarm + Herd Baloth
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing another creature, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
- 2Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
- 3When the Beast enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- 4Repeat.
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#7
Plaguemaw Beast + Thornbite Staff + Herd Baloth
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing another creature.
- 2When the creature dies, Plaguemaw Beast triggers, untapping itself.
- 3Resolve the Plaguemaw Beast ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
- 4Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
- 5Repeat.
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#8
Go-Shintai of Life's Origin + There and Back Again + Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus + Plaguemaw Beast
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
- 2There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
- 3When Smaug enters the battlefield, Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
- 4Activate Plaguemaw Beast by tapping it and sacrificing Smaug.
- 5When Smaug dies, it triggers, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
- 6Holding priority, activate five Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 7Activate Go-Shintai by paying and tapping it, returning There and Back Again from your graveyard to the battlefield with a lore counter on it.
- 8There and Back Again's first chapter ability triggers, causing the Ring to tempt you.
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Legal formats
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