Robaran Mercenaries 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.
Official card text
Vigilance This creature has all activated abilities of all legendary creatures you control.
How it works : Robaran Mercenaries
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The costs of activated abilities that Robaran Mercenaries gains must be paid as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Robaran Mercenaries gains an activated ability that's normally linked to a non-activated ability of the creature it came from, the ability Robaran Mercenaries has isn't linked to any ability.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If Robaran Mercenaries gains an activated ability that's normally linked to another activated ability of the creature it came from, those two abilities Robaran Mercenaries gains are linked for as long as that creature remains on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Robaran Mercenaries + Ioreth of the Healing House
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Ioreth's second ability by tapping it, untapping Ioreth and another legendary creature.
- 2Activate Ioreth's first ability by tapping it, untapping Robaran Mercenaries.
- 3Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries by tapping it, creating a token copy of itself with haste.
- 2Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Fain, the Broker + Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Selvala's ability by paying
and tapping it, adding at least
.
- 2Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Fain's fourth ability by paying
, untapping Robaran Mercenaries.
- 3Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Fain, the Broker + Zaxara, the Exemplary + Nyxbloom Ancient
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Zaxara's ability by tapping it, adding at least six
.
- 2Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Fain's fourth ability by paying
, untapping Robaran Mercenaries.
- 3Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Grimgrin, Corpse-Born + Krenko, Mob Boss
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Krenko's ability by tapping it, creating at least two 1/1 Goblin creature tokens.
- 2Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Grimgrin's ability by sacrificing a Goblin, untapping Robaran Mercenaries and putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 3Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Fain, the Broker + Alena, Kessig Trapper + Bog Initiate
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Alena's ability by tapping it, adding at least
.
- 2Activate Bog Initiate by paying
, adding
.
- 3Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Fain's fourth ability by paying
, untapping Robaran Mercenaries.
- 4Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Fain, the Broker + Alena, Kessig Trapper + Chromatic Orrery
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Alena's ability by tapping it, adding at least
.
- 2Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Fain's fourth ability by paying
, untapping Robaran Mercenaries.
- 3Repeat.
Robaran Mercenaries + Fain, the Broker + Marrow-Gnawer + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Marrow-Gnawer's ability by sacrificing a Rat and tapping it, creating at least six 1/1 Rat creature tokens.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar four times by sacrificing four Rats, adding
.
- 3Activate Robaran Mercenaries using Fain's fourth ability by paying
, untapping Robaran Mercenaries.
- 4Repeat.
- 5Once you have infinite creature tokens, you may instead activate Fain's first ability to put infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control.
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