Splintering Wind 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 enchantment deals 1 damage to target creature. Create a 1/1 green Splinter creature token. It has flying and "Cumulative upkeep
." When it leaves the battlefield, it deals 1 damage to you and each creature you control. (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
How it works : Splintering Wind
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.
#1
Splintering Wind + Vigor + Phyrexian Altar + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite damage to creaturesInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Splintering Wind by paying
, dealing 1 damage to target creature and creating a 1/1 Splinter creature token.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Splinter, adding
.
- 3When the Splinter dies, it and Ashes of the Abhorrent trigger.
- 4Resolve the Ashes of the Abhorrent trigger, causing you to gain 1 life.
- 5Resolve the Splinter trigger, dealing 1 damage to you, and putting a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control due to Vigor.
- 6Repeat.
#2
Splintering Wind + Phyrexian Altar + Blessed Sanctuary + Zirda, the Dawnwaker
Infinite damage to creaturesInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Splintering Wind by paying
, dealing 1 damage to target creature and creating a 1/1 Splinter creature token.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Splinter, adding
.
- 3When the Splinter dies, it triggers, dealing no damage to you or creatures you control due to Blessed Sanctuary.
- 4Repeat.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredh
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