Prickly Pair 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
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with ": Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
How it works : Prickly Pair
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Prickly Pair
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Prickly Pair, adding
.
- 2When Prickly Pair dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay
to return Prickly Pair from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- 3When Prickly Pair enters, it triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a creature token, adding
.
- 5Repeat.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacypaupervintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlpaupercommanderdueltlr
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