Sadistic Hypnotist 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 creature: Target player discards two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
How it works : Sadistic Hypnotist
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast this as normal during your main phase, it will enter the battlefield and you’ll receive priority. If no abilities trigger because of this, you can activate its ability immediately, before any other player has a chance to remove it from the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Nath of the Gilt-Leaf + Sadistic Hypnotist
Opponents can only have cards in hand when it isn't your turnLock
- 1Nath of the Gilt-Leaf makes an elf warrior at the begining of your upkeep by making an opponent discard a card.
- 2In main phase sacrifice the elf warrior making an opponent discard 2 cards, making two more elf warriors.
- 3Repeat this step until all opponent have no cards in hand.
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#2
Chainer, Dementia Master + K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth + Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Sadistic Hypnotist
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegainInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Sadistic Hypnotist by sacrificing Gray Merchant, causing target player to discard two cards.
- 2Activate Chainer by paying nine life, returning Gray Merchant from your graveyard to the battlefield as a Nightmare in addition to its other creature types.
- 3Gray Merchant enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose life equal to your devotion to black and causing you to gain life equal to the amount of life lost this way.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Cloudstone Curio + Sadistic Hypnotist + Basking Rootwalla + Blazing Rootwalla
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Activate Sadistic Hypnotist by sacrificing a creature, causing you to discard Basking Rootwalla and Blazing Rootwalla into exile.
- 2Basking Rootwalla and Blazing Rootwalla's madness abilities trigger.
- 3Resolve the Basking Rootwalla trigger, causing you to pay
to cast it from exile. - 4When Basking Rootwalla enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio and Blessed Sanctuary trigger.
- 5Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Blessed Sanctuary trigger, creating a 2/2 Unicorn creature token.
- 7When the creature token enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Basking Rootwalla from the battlefield to your hand.
- 8Resolve the Blazing Rootwalla trigger from step 2, causing you to pay to cast it from exile.
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#4
Cloudstone Curio + Sadistic Hypnotist + Basking Rootwalla + Blazing Rootwalla
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Activate Sadistic Hypnotist by sacrificing a creature, causing you to discard Basking Rootwalla and Blazing Rootwalla into exile.
- 2Basking Rootwalla and Blazing Rootwalla's madness abilities trigger.
- 3Resolve the Basking Rootwalla trigger, causing you to pay to cast it from exile.
- 4When Basking Rootwalla enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio and Angelic Sell-Sword trigger.
- 5Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Angelic Sell-Sword trigger, creating a 1/1 Mercenary creature token.
- 7When the creature token enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Basking Rootwalla from the battlefield to your hand.
- 8Resolve the Blazing Rootwalla trigger from step 2, causing you to pay to cast it from exile.
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#5
Cloudstone Curio + Sadistic Hypnotist + Basking Rootwalla + Blazing Rootwalla
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite creature tokens
- 1Activate Sadistic Hypnotist by sacrificing a creature, causing you to discard Basking Rootwalla and Blazing Rootwalla into exile.
- 2Basking Rootwalla and Blazing Rootwalla's madness abilities trigger.
- 3Resolve the Basking Rootwalla trigger, causing you to pay to cast it from exile.
- 4When Basking Rootwalla enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio and Molten Echoes trigger.
- 5Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing to return nothing to your hand.
- 6Resolve the Molten Echoes trigger, creating a token copy of Basking Rootwalla with haste.
- 7When the creature token enters the battlefield, Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Basking Rootwalla from the battlefield to your hand.
- 8Resolve the Blazing Rootwalla trigger from step 2, causing you to pay to cast it from exile.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredh
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