Ridgescale Tusker 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, put a +1/+1 counter on each other creature you control.
How it works : Ridgescale Tusker
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.
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#1
Ridgescale Tusker + Crystalline Crawler + Cryptic Trilobite + Deadeye Navigator
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite blinkingInfinite colored manaInfinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilities
- 1Activate Ridgescale Tusker by paying
, blinking it. - 2Ridgescale Tusker enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability.
- 3Resolve the Ridgescale Tusker trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Ridgescale Tusker.
- 5Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
- 6Activate Cryptic Trilobite's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding
that can only be spent to activate abilities. - 7Repeat.
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#2
Cauldron of Souls + Corridor Monitor + Ridgescale Tusker + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Ridgescale Tusker and Corridor Monitor persist until end of turn.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Corridor Monitor, adding one mana of any color.
- 3Corridor Monitor dies, triggering its persist ability, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 4Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Ridgescale Tusker, adding one mana of any color.
- 6Ridgescale Tusker dies, triggering its persist ability, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 7Ridgescale Tusker enters the battlefield, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 8Repeat.
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#3
Cauldron of Souls + Corridor Monitor + Ridgescale Tusker + Altar of Dementia
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Ridgescale Tusker and Corridor Monitor persist until end of turn.
- 2Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Corridor Monitor.
- 3Corridor Monitor dies, triggering its persist ability, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 4Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- 5Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Ridgescale Tusker.
- 6Ridgescale Tusker dies, triggering its persist ability, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 7Ridgescale Tusker enters the battlefield, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 8Resolve both Altar of Dementia abilities, causing target player to mill cards equal to Corridor Monitor and Ridgescale Tusker's power.
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#4
Emiel the Blessed + Ridgescale Tusker + Crystalline Crawler + Cryptic Trilobite
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Emiel by paying
, blinking Ridgescale Tusker. - 2Ridgescale Tusker enters the battlefield, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
- 4Activate Cryptic Trilobite's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Ridgescale Tusker + Crystalline Crawler + Cryptic Trilobite + Eldrazi Displacer
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Eldrazi Displacer by paying
, blinking Ridgescale Tusker. - 2Ridgescale Tusker enters the battlefield, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
- 4Activate Cryptic Trilobite's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 5Repeat.
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#6
Cauldron of Souls + Corridor Monitor + Ridgescale Tusker + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on most creatures you controlInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Cauldron of Souls by tapping it, giving Ridgescale Tusker and Corridor Monitor persist until end of turn.
- 2Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Corridor Monitor, adding .
- 3Corridor Monitor dies, triggering its persist ability, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 4Corridor Monitor enters the battlefield, untapping Cauldron of Souls.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Ridgescale Tusker, adding .
- 6Ridgescale Tusker dies, triggering its persist ability, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 7Ridgescale Tusker enters the battlefield, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
- 8Repeat.
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Legal formats
historictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerbrawlcompetitivebrawlduel
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