Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant 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
When Sarkhan enters, you may behold a Dragon. If you do, create a Treasure token. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.) Whenever a Dragon you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Sarkhan. Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a Dragon in addition to his other types and gains flying.
How it works : Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect refers to a “[subtype] card,” it refers only to a card that has that subtype. For example, Teeming Dragonstorm is a card that cares about Dragons and features Dragons in its art, but it isn’t a Dragon card.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Effects that say “If a [quality] was beheld” only care if a card of that quality was revealed or a permanent you control of that quality was chosen. No matter what happens to that card or permanent after that, it was still beheld, and any additional effects that depend on that card or permanent being beheld will still happen.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a cost to cast a spell includes revealing a card, that card remains revealed from the time the spell is announced until the time it leaves the stack.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If a card in your hand is already revealed (perhaps because it was revealed to pay a cost of a spell that’s still on the stack or due to the effect of a card like Telepathy), you may reveal it again to pay the cost of another spell or ability that requires you to reveal a card from your hand.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Goldspan Dragon + Deadeye Navigator
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying
, blinking it. - 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, choosing Goldspan Dragon and creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 5Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Deadeye Navigator + Parallel Lives
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, either choosing a Dragon you control or revealing a Dragon card from your hand and creating two Treasure tokens.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Deadeye Navigator + Doubling Season
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, either choosing a Dragon you control or revealing a Dragon card from your hand and creating two Treasure tokens.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Deadeye Navigator + Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, either choosing a Dragon you control or revealing a Dragon card from your hand and creating two Treasure tokens.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Deadeye Navigator + Xorn
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, either choosing a Dragon you control or revealing a Dragon card from your hand and creating two Treasure tokens.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Deadeye Navigator + Primal Vigor
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, either choosing a Dragon you control or revealing a Dragon card from your hand and creating two Treasure tokens.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 5Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Deadeye Navigator + Leyline of Transformation
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it, Ganax and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, choosing Ganax and creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Ganax trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 6Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 7Repeat.
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant + Ganax, Astral Hunter + Deadeye Navigator + Arcane Adaptation
- 1Activate Sarkhan by paying , blinking it.
- 2When Sarkhan enters the battlefield, it, Ganax and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sarkhan trigger, choosing Ganax and creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Ganax trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Sarkhan.
- 6Activate two Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 7Repeat.
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