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Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of RuinHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· March of the Machine· April 21, 2023
Carte Magic Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin 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

Reach {6}{W/P}: Transform Polukranos Reborn. Activate only as a sorcery. ({W/P} can be paid with either {W} or 2 life.) Reach, lifelink Whenever Polukranos or another nontoken Hydra you control dies, create a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with reach and a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with lifelink.

How it works : Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    If Polukranos, Engine of Ruin and other nontoken Hydras you control die at the same time, Polukranos’s triggered ability will trigger once for itself and once for each of those other Hydras.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin
+Nim Deathmantle
+Ashnod's Altar
#1

Polukranos Reborn // Polukranos, Engine of Ruin + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar

Infinite colored manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
  1. 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing another nontoken Hydra that does not have Nim Deathmantle attached, adding {C}{C}.
  2. 2When the Hydra dies, Polukranos and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
  3. 3Resolve the Polukranos trigger, creating two 3/3 Phyrexian Hydra creature tokens.
  4. 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Phyrexian Hydra, adding {C}{C}.
  5. 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay {4} to return the nontoken Hydra from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
  6. 6Repeat.
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Legal formats

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