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Shifting WallHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 4 min read· Stronghold· March 2, 1998
Carte Magic Shifting Wall

Shifting Wall 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

Defender (This creature can't attack.) This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

How it works : Shifting Wall

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.

Mortuary
+Grim Haruspex
+Shifting Wall
#1

Mortuary + Grim Haruspex + Shifting Wall

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  2. 2Shifting Wall enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness, triggering Mortuary and Grim Haruspex.
  3. 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Shifting Wall from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. 4Resolve the Grim Haruspex trigger, causing you to draw a card, thus drawing Shifting Wall from your library.
  5. 5Repeat.
Mortuary
+Fecundity
+Shifting Wall
#2

Mortuary + Fecundity + Shifting Wall

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  2. 2Shifting Wall enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness, triggering Mortuary and Fecundity.
  3. 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Shifting Wall from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. 4Resolve the Fecundity trigger, causing you to draw a card, thus drawing Shifting Wall from your library.
  5. 5Repeat.
Mortuary
+Moldervine Reclamation
+Shifting Wall
#3

Mortuary + Moldervine Reclamation + Shifting Wall

Infinite draw triggersInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  2. 2Shifting Wall enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness, triggering Mortuary and Moldervine Reclamation.
  3. 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Shifting Wall from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. 4Resolve the Moldervine Reclamation trigger, causing you to draw a card, thus drawing Shifting Wall from your library, and gain 1 life.
  5. 5Repeat.
Mortuary
+Liliana, Dreadhorde General
+Shifting Wall
#4

Mortuary + Liliana, Dreadhorde General + Shifting Wall

Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite death triggersInfinite storm count
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  2. 2Shifting Wall enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness, triggering Mortuary and Liliana, Dreadhorde General.
  3. 3Resolve the Mortuary trigger, putting Shifting Wall from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. 4Resolve the Liliana, Dreadhorde General trigger, causing you to draw a card, thus drawing Shifting Wall from your library.
  5. 5Repeat.
Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle
+Salvager of Ruin
+Shifting Wall
#5

Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle + Salvager of Ruin + Shifting Wall

Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  2. 2Teshar triggers, returning Salvager of Ruin from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  3. 3Shifting Wall enters and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. 4Activate Salvager of Ruin by sacrificing it, returning Shifting Wall from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. 5Repeat.
Shifting Wall
+Enduring Renewal
#6

Shifting Wall + Enduring Renewal

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  2. 2Shifting Wall enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero or less toughness.
  3. 3Enduring Renewal triggers, returning Shifting Wall from your graveyard to your hand.
  4. 4Repeat.
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
+Intruder Alarm
+Shifting Wall
#7

Emry, Lurker of the Loch + Intruder Alarm + Shifting Wall

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite mana creatures you control can produce
  1. 1Activate Emry by tapping it, allowing you to cast Shifting Wall from your graveyard this turn.
  2. 2Cast Shifting Wall by paying {0}.
  3. 3Shifting Wall enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness.
  4. 4Intruder Alarm triggers, untapping all creatures.
  5. 5Repeat.
Mortuary
+Bolas's Citadel
+Shifting Wall
#8

Mortuary + Bolas's Citadel + Shifting Wall

Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite storm count
  1. 1Cast Shifting Wall either from your hand by paying {0} or from the top of your library by paying 0 life.
  2. 2Shifting Wall enters and dies as a state-based action due to having 0 toughness.
  3. 3Mortuary triggers, putting Shifting Wall from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
  4. 4Repeat.
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Legal formats

legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredhtlr
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