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Putrid PalsHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· March 6, 2026
Carte Magic Putrid Pals

Putrid Pals 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

Deathtouch Disappear — This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn.

How it works : Putrid Pals

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Some disappear abilities, such as those of the above cards, are triggered abilities with intervening if clauses. If a permanent hasn't left the battlefield under your control that turn by the time the disappear ability would trigger, it won't trigger at all.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Bloodflow Connoisseur
+Putrid Pals
#1

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bloodflow Connoisseur + Putrid Pals

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Bloodflow Connoisseur by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Resolve the Bloodflow Connoisseur ability.
  4. 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Woe Strider
+Putrid Pals
#2

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Woe Strider + Putrid Pals

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
  4. 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Ashnod's Altar
+Putrid Pals
#3

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Ashnod's Altar + Putrid Pals

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
+Putrid Pals
#4

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Putrid Pals

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Activate Grimgrin by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Resolve the Grimgrin ability.
  4. 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Carrion Feeder
+Putrid Pals
#5

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Carrion Feeder + Putrid Pals

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
  4. 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Bartolomé del Presidio
+Putrid Pals
#6

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Bartolomé del Presidio + Putrid Pals

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
  4. 4Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Phyrexian Altar
+Putrid Pals
#7

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Putrid Pals

Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Repeat.
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
+Putrid Pals
+Hammerhead, Maggia Boss
#8

Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Putrid Pals + Hammerhead, Maggia Boss

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
  1. 1Activate Hammerhead by sacrificing Putrid Pals.
  2. 2When Putrid Pals dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
  3. 3Resolve the Hammerhead ability.
  4. 4Repeat.
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Legal formats

standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacypaupervintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemypaupercommanderduel
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