Sandstorm Salvager 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, create a 3/3 colorless Golem artifact creature token.,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature token you control. They gain trample until end of turn.
How it works : Sandstorm Salvager
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
In the rare case where +1/+1 counters can’t be put on one or more creature tokens you control, those creature tokens still gain trample until end of turn.
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
Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Sandstorm Salvager
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Sandstorm Salvager, adding
. - 2When Sandstorm Salvager dies, Nim Deathmantle triggers, causing you to pay
to return Sandstorm Salvager from your graveyard to the battlefield and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 3When Sandstorm Salvager enters, it triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a creature token, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#2
Season of Weaving + Sandstorm Salvager + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler
Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilitiesInfinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- 1Cast Season of Weaving by paying
, creating token copies of Cryptic Trilobite and Crystalline Crawler, and drawing a card if desired. - 2Activate Sandstorm Salvager by paying and tapping it, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature token you control.
- 3Activate the Cryptic Trilobite token's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 4Activate the Crystalline Crawler token's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
- 5Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Sandstorm Salvager.
- 6Repeat any number of times.
- 7Once you have an arbitrary amount of colorless mana, you may skip step 3.
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#3
Season of Weaving + Sandstorm Salvager + Cryptic Trilobite + Crystalline Crawler
Infinite colorless mana that can only be spent to activate abilitiesInfinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures
- 1Cast Season of Weaving by paying , creating token copies of Cryptic Trilobite and Crystalline Crawler, and drawing a card if desired.
- 2Activate Sandstorm Salvager by paying and tapping it, putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature token you control.
- 3Activate the Cryptic Trilobite token's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding that can only be spent to activate abilities.
- 4Activate the Crystalline Crawler token's first ability by removing a +1/+1 counter from it, adding .
- 5Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Sandstorm Salvager.
- 6Repeat any number of times.
- 7Once you have an arbitrary amount of colorless mana, you may skip step 3.
Related cards and tokens
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Legal formats
standardhistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawldueltlr
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