Simic Ascendancy 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
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on this enchantment. At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.
How it works : Simic Ascendancy
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
An ability that triggers when counters are put on a permanent will trigger if that permanent somehow enters the battlefield with those counters.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Simic Ascendancy doesn't have twenty or more growth counters on it as your upkeep begins, its last ability won't trigger. You can't take any actions during your turn before your upkeep begins.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the last ability does trigger, but counters are removed from Simic Ascendancy so it has fewer than twenty remaining on it, you won't win the game.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the last ability does trigger, but Simic Ascendancy leaves the battlefield, use the number of counters it had on it immediately before it left the battlefield to determine whether you win the game.
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
Body of Research + Simic Ascendancy
Win the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Cast Body of Research by paying
, creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on it for each card in your library. - 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting that many growth counters on itself.
- 3At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#2
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Hardened Scales + Branching Evolution
Infinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeepInfinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying
, putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler. - 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#3
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Branching Evolution
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying , putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#4
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Corpsejack Menace + Hardened Scales
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying , putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#5
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Hardened Scales + Innkeeper's Talent
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying , putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#6
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Branching Evolution + Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying , putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#7
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Kami of Whispered Hopes + Innkeeper's Talent
Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you controlInfinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeep
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying , putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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#8
Crystalline Crawler + Simic Ascendancy + Hardened Scales + Doubling Season
Infinite colored manaWin the game at the beginning of your next upkeepInfinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control
- 1Activate Simic Ascendancy by paying , putting four +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.
- 2Simic Ascendancy triggers, putting growth counters on it.
- 3Activate Crystalline Crawler's second ability by removing three +1/+1 counters from it, adding .
- 4Repeat.
- 5At the beginning of your next upkeep, Simic Ascendancy triggers, causing you to win the game.
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Legal formats
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