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Roshan, Hidden MagisterHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 6 min read· Assassin's Creed· July 5, 2024
Carte Magic Roshan, Hidden Magister

Roshan, Hidden Magister 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

Other creatures you control are Assassins in addition to their other types. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield. Face-down creatures you control have menace. Whenever a permanent you control is turned face up, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

How it works : Roshan, Hidden Magister

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Once a creature you control has become blocked by a single creature, giving it menace by turning it face down somehow won’t cause it to become unblocked.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Port Razer
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#1

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Port Razer + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite combat phasesInfinite untap of creatures you control
  1. 1Declare Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad as an attacker.
  2. 2Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad triggers, exiling Port Razer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it as it is an Assassin due to Maskwood Nexus, and then creating a tapped and attacking token copy of each creature you own in exile with a memory counter on it.
  3. 3Deal combat damage to an opponent using the Port Razer token.
  4. 4The Port Razer token triggers, causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  5. 5At the end of your combat phase, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad triggers, exiling the Port Razer token.
  6. 6Move to your next combat phase, and declare Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad as an attacker.
  7. 7Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad triggers, creating a tapped and attacking token copy of each creature you own in exile with a memory counter on it.
  8. 8Repeat from step 3.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
+Isshin, Two Heavens as One
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#2

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Éomer, Marshal of Rohan + Isshin, Two Heavens as One + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite combat phases
  1. 1Declare Altaïr as an attacker, triggering its ability twice.
  2. 2Resolve a Altaïr trigger, exiling Éomer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it and creating a tapped and attacking copy of Éomer.
  3. 3Resolve the other Altaïr trigger, creating a tapped and attacking copy of Éomer.
  4. 4Put either Éomer token into your graveyard due to the legend rule, triggering the other Éomer token, causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  5. 5At the end of your combat phase, Altaïr triggers, causing you to exile the Éomer token.
  6. 6Repeat each combat phase.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Bloodthirster
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#3

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Bloodthirster + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite combat phasesInfinite combat damage
  1. 1Give Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad vigilance by any method.
  2. 2Declare Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad as an attacker.
  3. 3Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad triggers, exiling Bloodthirster from your graveyard with a memory counter on it as it is an Assassin due to Roshan, and then creating a tapped and attacking token copy of each creature you own in exile with a memory counter on it.
  4. 4Deal combat damage to an opponent using the Bloodthirster token.
  5. 5The Bloodthirster token triggers, causing you to untap it and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  6. 6At the end of your combat phase, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad triggers, exiling the Bloodthirster token.
  7. 7Move to your next combat phase, and declare Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad as an attacker.
  8. 8Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad triggers, creating a tapped and attacking token copy of each creature you own in exile with a memory counter on it.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
+Windcrag Siege
#4

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Éomer, Marshal of Rohan + Roshan, Hidden Magister + Windcrag Siege

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite combat phases
  1. 1Declare Altaïr as an attacker, triggering its ability twice.
  2. 2Resolve a Altaïr trigger, exiling Éomer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it and creating a tapped and attacking copy of Éomer.
  3. 3Resolve the other Altaïr trigger, creating a tapped and attacking copy of Éomer.
  4. 4Put either Éomer token into your graveyard due to the legend rule, triggering the other Éomer token, causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  5. 5At the end of your combat phase, Altaïr triggers, causing you to exile the Éomer token.
  6. 6Repeat each combat phase.
Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
+Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Goblin Bombardment
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#5

Éomer, Marshal of Rohan + Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Goblin Bombardment + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Declare Altaïr as an attacker. Altaïr triggers, exiling Éomer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it, and then creating a tapped and attacking token copy of each card you own that is exiled with a memory counter on it.
  2. 2Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing another legendary creature token except Éomer.
  3. 3When the creature dies, Éomer triggers, untapping all creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  4. 4Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
  5. 5Repeat during each combat phase.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
+Roaming Throne
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#6

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Éomer, Marshal of Rohan + Roaming Throne + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite combat phases
  1. 1Declare Altaïr as an attacker, triggering its ability twice.
  2. 2Resolve a Altaïr trigger, exiling Éomer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it and creating a tapped and attacking copy of Éomer.
  3. 3Resolve the other Altaïr trigger, creating a tapped and attacking copy of Éomer.
  4. 4Put either Éomer token into your graveyard due to the legend rule, triggering the other Éomer token, causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  5. 5At the end of your combat phase, Altaïr triggers, causing you to exile the Éomer token.
  6. 6Repeat each combat phase.
Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
+Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Altar of Dementia
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#7

Éomer, Marshal of Rohan + Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Altar of Dementia + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Declare Altaïr as an attacker. Altaïr triggers, exiling Éomer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it, and then creating a tapped and attacking token copy of each card you own that is exiled with a memory counter on it.
  2. 2Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing another legendary creature token except Éomer.
  3. 3When the creature dies, Éomer triggers, untapping all creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  4. 4Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
  5. 5Repeat during each combat phase.
Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
+Éomer, Marshal of Rohan
+Mondrak, Glory Dominus
+Roshan, Hidden Magister
#8

Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad + Éomer, Marshal of Rohan + Mondrak, Glory Dominus + Roshan, Hidden Magister

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite combat phases
  1. 1Declare Altaïr as an attacker, triggering its ability, exiling Éomer from your graveyard with a memory counter on it and creating two tapped and attacking copies of Éomer.
  2. 2Put all but one Éomer token into your graveyard due to the legend rule, causing you to get at least one Éomer trigger, causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
  3. 3At the end of your combat phase, Altaïr triggers, causing you to exile the Éomer token.
  4. 4Repeat each combat phase.
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Legal formats

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