Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox 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
Whenever Sela attacks, exile up to one target card from a graveyard. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, create a tapped 2/2 black Romulan creature token.
How it works : Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Ashnod's Altar + Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying
and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand. - 2Sela triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Phyrexian Altar + Reassembling Skeleton + Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton, adding .
- 2Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying
, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield. - 3Sela triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#3
Phyrexian Altar + Bloodsoaked Champion + Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion, adding .
- 2Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 3Sela triggers, creating a creature token.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding .
- 5Repeat.
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#4
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer + Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Sela triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 6Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat.
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#5
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Thermopod + Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Sela triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Thermopod by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Repeat.
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#6
Tortured Existence + Pitiless Plunderer + Umbral Collar Zealot + Sela, Tal Shiar Paradox
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Tortured Existence by paying and discarding a creature card, returning another creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
- 2Sela triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the creature token.
- 4When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 6Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Repeat.
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#7
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Kaya, Geist Hunter
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Kaya's second loyalty ability by removing two loyalty counters from it, causing you to double any tokens you create this turn.
- 2Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 3When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 4Sela triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 5Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding
. - 7Cast Survey Mechan by paying
. - 8Repeat from step 2
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#8
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Bard, King of Dale
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Sela triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlduel
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