Scholar of New Horizons 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
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it., Remove a counter from a permanent you control: Search your library for a Plains card and reveal it. If an opponent controls more lands than you, you may put that card onto the battlefield tapped. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
How it works : Scholar of New Horizons
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may choose to put the card into your hand rather than onto the battlefield even if an opponent controls more lands than you.
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
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Viscera Seer + Scholar of New Horizons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#2
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Umbral Collar Zealot + Scholar of New Horizons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Ashnod's Altar + Scholar of New Horizons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colorless manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Repeat.
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#4
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Scholar of New Horizons + Carrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#5
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Scholar of New Horizons + Bartolomé del Presidio
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#6
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Woe Strider + Scholar of New Horizons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#7
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Phyrexian Altar + Scholar of New Horizons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Repeat.
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#8
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight + Altar of Dementia + Scholar of New Horizons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite mill
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Scholar of New Horizons.
- 2When Scholar of New Horizons dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield without a -1/-1 counter on it due to its replacement effect.
- 3Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 4Repeat.
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Legal formats
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