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Primal SurgeHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Avacyn Restored· May 4, 2012
Carte Magic Primal Surge

Primal Surge 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

Exile the top card of your library. If it's a permanent card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you do, repeat this process.

How it works : Primal Surge

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    A permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    Repeating the process includes the instruction to repeat the process. That is, you’ll keep exiling cards and putting them onto the battlefield until you fail to put a permanent card onto the battlefield.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    If you exile a permanent card that you can’t put onto the battlefield (such as an Aura with nothing legal to enchant) or one you don’t want to put onto the battlefield, Primal Surge finishes resolving.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    If putting any of those permanent cards onto the battlefield causes abilities to trigger, those abilities will wait to go on the stack until Primal Surge has finished resolving. Starting with the active player, each player puts their abilities on the stack in any order.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Laboratory Maniac
+Selective Memory
+Primal Surge
#1

Laboratory Maniac + Selective Memory + Primal Surge

Win the game
  1. 1Cast Selective Memory, exiling all non-permanent cards from your library.
  2. 2Cast Primal Surge, putting all cards from your library onto the battlefield.
  3. 3Win the game the next time you would draw a card (immediately if there are any triggered/activated abilities from permanents upon Primal Surge's resolution).
Thassa's Oracle
+Selective Memory
+Primal Surge
#2

Thassa's Oracle + Selective Memory + Primal Surge

Win the game
  1. 1Cast Selective Memory, exiling all non-permanent cards from your library.
  2. 2Cast Primal Surge, putting all cards from your library onto the battlefield.
  3. 3Thassa's Oracle triggers, win the game.
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
+Selective Memory
+Primal Surge
#3

Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Selective Memory + Primal Surge

Win the game
  1. 1Cast Selective Memory, exiling all non-permanent cards from your library.
  2. 2Cast Primal Surge, putting all cards from your library onto the battlefield (including Jace, Wielder of Mysteries if it is still in your library).
  3. 3Activate Jace to win.
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