Steel Leaf Paladin 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
First strike When this creature enters, return a green or white creature you control to its owner's hand.
How it works : Steel Leaf Paladin
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You choose the creature to return on resolution of the triggered ability. This is not targeted.
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
Zacama, Primal Calamity + Panharmonicon + Steel Leaf Paladin
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents controlInfinite damage to creaturesInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them, adding at least
. - 2Cast Zacama either from your hand or from the command zone by paying
plus commander tax, if applicable. - 3When Zacama enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
- 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 5Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 6Resolve the second Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 7Cast Steel Leaf Paladin by paying
. - 8When Steel Leaf Paladin enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, returning itself and Zacama from the battlefield to your hand.
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#2
Zacama, Primal Calamity + Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines + Steel Leaf Paladin
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents controlInfinite damage to creaturesInfinite creature ETBInfinite lifegain
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Cast Zacama either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 3When Zacama enters the battlefield, it triggers twice.
- 4Resolve the first trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 5Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 6Resolve the second Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 7Cast Steel Leaf Paladin by paying .
- 8When Steel Leaf Paladin enters the battlefield, it triggers twice, returning itself and Zacama from the battlefield to your hand.
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#3
Zacama, Primal Calamity + Steel Leaf Paladin + Yarok, the Desecrated
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damage to creatures
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 2Cast Zacama either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 3When Zacama enters, its ability triggers twice through Yarok.
- 4Resolve the first Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 5Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 6Resolve the second Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 7Cast Steel Leaf Paladin by paying its mana cost.
- 8When Steel Leaf Paladin enters, its ability triggers twice, causing you to return itself and Zacama to your hand.
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#4
Zacama, Primal Calamity + Steel Leaf Paladin + Virtue of Knowledge // Vantress Visions
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damage to creatures
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 2Cast Zacama either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 3When Zacama enters, its ability triggers twice through Virtue of Knowledge.
- 4Resolve the first Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 5Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 6Resolve the second Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 7Cast Steel Leaf Paladin by paying its mana cost.
- 8When Steel Leaf Paladin enters, its ability triggers twice, causing you to return itself and Zacama to your hand.
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#5
Zacama, Primal Calamity + Steel Leaf Paladin + Mirror Room // Fractured Realm
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damage to creatures
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 2Cast Zacama either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 3When Zacama enters, its ability triggers twice through Fractured Realm.
- 4Resolve the first Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 5Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 6Resolve the second Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 7Cast Steel Leaf Paladin by paying its mana cost.
- 8When Steel Leaf Paladin enters, its ability triggers twice, causing you to return itself and Zacama to your hand.
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#6
Zacama, Primal Calamity + Steel Leaf Paladin + Starfield Vocalist
Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents controlInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite damage to creatures
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 2Cast Zacama either from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable.
- 3When Zacama enters, its ability triggers twice through Starfield Vocalist.
- 4Resolve the first Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 5Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them.
- 6Resolve the second Zacama trigger, untapping all lands you control.
- 7Cast Steel Leaf Paladin by paying its mana cost.
- 8When Steel Leaf Paladin enters, its ability triggers twice, causing you to return itself and Zacama to your hand.
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Legal formats
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