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Ravenous BalothHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 3 min read· Jumpstart· July 17, 2020
Carte Magic Ravenous Baloth

Ravenous Baloth 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

Sacrifice a Beast: You gain 4 life.

How it works : Ravenous Baloth

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.

Tarrian's Soulcleaver
+Herd Baloth
+Ravenous Baloth
#1

Tarrian's Soulcleaver + Herd Baloth + Ravenous Baloth

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Put a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
  2. 2Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
  3. 3Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing the Beast.
  4. 4When the Beast dies, Tarrian's Soulcleaver triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on Herd Baloth.
  5. 5Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
  6. 6Resolve the Ravenous Baloth ability, causing you to gain 4 life.
  7. 7Repeat from step 3.
Yedora, Grave Gardener
+Branchsnap Lorian
+Ravenous Baloth
#2

Yedora, Grave Gardener + Branchsnap Lorian + Ravenous Baloth

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite lifegain triggers
  1. 1Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing Branchsnap Lorian.
  2. 2When Branchsnap Lorian dies, Yedora triggers, returning Branchsnap Lorian from your graveyard to the battlefield face down as a Forest land.
  3. 3Resolve the Ravenous Baloth ability, causing you to gain 4 life.
  4. 4Activate Branchsnap Lorian by tapping it, adding {G}.
  5. 5Activate Branchsnap Lorian's morph ability by paying {G}, turning it face up.
  6. 6Repeat.
Herd Baloth
+Light of Promise
+Ravenous Baloth
#3

Herd Baloth + Light of Promise + Ravenous Baloth

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
  1. 1Gain any amount of life.
  2. 2Herd Baloth triggers, putting that many +1/+1 counters on itself.
  3. 3Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
  4. 4Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing the Beast token, causing you to gain 4 life.
  5. 5Repeat from step 2.
Herd Baloth
+Sunbond
+Ravenous Baloth
#4

Herd Baloth + Sunbond + Ravenous Baloth

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
  1. 1Gain any amount of life.
  2. 2Herd Baloth triggers, putting that many +1/+1 counters on itself.
  3. 3Herd Baloth triggers, creating a 4/4 Beast creature token.
  4. 4Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing the Beast token, causing you to gain 4 life.
  5. 5Repeat from step 2.
Peregrin Took
+Trudge Garden
+Krark-Clan Ironworks
+Ravenous Baloth
#5

Peregrin Took + Trudge Garden + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Ravenous Baloth

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
  1. 1Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing another Beast, causing you to gain 4 life.
  2. 2Trudge Garden triggers, causing you to pay {2} to create a 4/4 Fungus Beast creature token and a Food artifact token.
  3. 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing the Food, adding {C}{C}.
  4. 4Repeat.
Mortuary
+Ravenous Baloth
+Gwenom, Remorseless
#6

Mortuary + Ravenous Baloth + Gwenom, Remorseless

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing itself.
  2. 2When Ravenous Baloth dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Ravenous Baloth on top of your library from your graveyard.
  3. 3Resolve the Ravenous Baloth ability, causing you to gain 4 life.
  4. 4Cast Ravenous Baloth from the top of your library by paying 4 life.
  5. 5Repeat.
Trudge Garden
+Mana Echoes
+Ravenous Baloth
#7

Trudge Garden + Mana Echoes + Ravenous Baloth

Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
  1. 1Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing another Beast, causing you to gain 4 life.
  2. 2Trudge Garden triggers, causing you to pay {2} to create a 4/4 Fungus Beast creature token.
  3. 3When the Fungus Beast enters the battlefield, Mana Echoes triggers, adding {C} for each Fungus and/or Beast you control.
  4. 4Repeat.
  5. 5If you control at least two additional Beasts and/or one additional Fungus to begin the combo, this combo nets infinite colorless mana.
Trudge Garden
+Ashnod's Altar
+Ravenous Baloth
+Primal Vigor
#8

Trudge Garden + Ashnod's Altar + Ravenous Baloth + Primal Vigor

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
  1. 1Activate Ravenous Baloth by sacrificing another Beast, causing you to gain 4 life.
  2. 2Trudge Garden triggers, causing you to pay {2} to create two 4/4 Fungus Beast creature tokens.
  3. 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Fungus Beast, adding {C}{C}.
  4. 4Repeat.
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Legal formats

historictimelessgladiatorlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerbrawlcompetitivebrawlduelpremodernpredh
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