Promise of Bunrei 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 a creature you control dies, sacrifice this enchantment. If you do, create four 1/1 colorless Spirit creature tokens.
How it works : Promise of Bunrei
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Promise of Bunrei's ability will trigger multiple times if multiple creatures die at once, but it will only be sacrificed once. You'll get only four Spirit tokens.
Card named in this ruling
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Promise of Bunrei + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding
.
- 2Promise of Bunrei triggers, causing you to sacrifice it and create four 1/1 Spirit creature tokens that enter the battlefield with vigilance counters on them.
- 3Activate Tayam by paying
and removing three vigilance counters from the Spirits, causing yourself to mill three cards and return Promise of Bunrei from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing two Spirits, adding
.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
#2
Tayam, Luminous Enigma + Promise of Bunrei + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing any other creature, adding
.
- 2Promise of Bunrei triggers, causing you to sacrifice it and create four 1/1 Spirit creature tokens that enter the battlefield with vigilance counters on them.
- 3Activate Tayam by paying
and removing three vigilance counters from the Spirits, causing yourself to mill three cards and return Promise of Bunrei from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar three times by sacrificing three Spirits, adding
.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Related cards and tokens
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Legal formats
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