Stalwart Successor 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
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Whenever one or more counters are put on a creature you control, if it's the first time counters have been put on that creature this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on that creature.
How it works : Stalwart Successor
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
Stalwart Successor + Viscera Seer
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Stalwart Successor + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Repeat.
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#3
Stalwart Successor + Carrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#4
Stalwart Successor + Umbral Collar Zealot
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Umbral Collar Zealot by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Umbral Collar Zealot ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#5
Stalwart Successor + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Yahenni by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Yahenni ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#6
Stalwart Successor + Bartolomé del Presidio
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Bartolomé del Presidio by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Bartolomé del Presidio ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#7
Stalwart Successor + Woe Strider
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 6Repeat.
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#8
Stalwart Successor + Altar of Dementia
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing the creature with persist.
- 2When that creature dies, its persist ability triggers, returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter on it.
- 3When that creature enters, Stalwart Successor triggers, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Remove a +1/+1 and a -1/-1 counter from that creature as a state-based action.
- 5Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability.
- 6Repeat.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemydueltlr
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