Survey Mechan 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
Flying Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.), Sacrifice this creature: It deals 3 damage to any target. Target player draws three cards and gains 3 life. This ability costs
less to activate, where X is the number of differently named lands you control.
How it works : Survey Mechan
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Once you determine the cost to activate Survey Mechan’s last ability, you may activate mana abilities to pay that cost. If the number of differently named lands you control changes while activating mana abilities (probably because you sacrificed one or more lands), the cost to activate the ability remains what you previously determined.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
To determine the number of differently named lands you control, count each land you control once, but only if its English name isn’t exactly the same as another land you’ve already counted this way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Once you announce you’re activating an ability, no player may take actions until after the ability has been paid for. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove lands you control from the battlefield at that time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Use the sacrificed creature’s power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many cards to draw with Susur Secundi’s last ability.
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
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Tormod, the Desecrator
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Tormod triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding
. - 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying
. - 7Repeat.
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#2
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Tormod, the Desecrator
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Tormod triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 7Repeat.
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#3
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Kaya, Geist Hunter
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Kaya's second loyalty ability by removing two loyalty counters from it, causing you to double any tokens you create this turn.
- 2Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 3When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 4On Wings of Gold triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 5Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 7Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 8Repeat from step 2
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Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Kaya, Geist Hunter
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Kaya's second loyalty ability by removing two loyalty counters from it, causing you to double any tokens you create this turn.
- 2Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 3When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 4Sela triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 5Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 7Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 8Repeat from step 2
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#5
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Desecrated Tomb
Infinite card drawNear-infinite creature ETBInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Desecrated Tomb triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 7Repeat.
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#6
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Insidious Roots
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Insidious Roots triggers, creating two creature tokens and putting two +1/+1 counters on each Plant you control.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 7Repeat.
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#7
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Desecrated Tomb
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Desecrated Tomb triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 7Repeat.
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#8
Survey Mechan + Mortuary + Ashnod's Altar + Parallel Lives
Near-infinite damageInfinite card drawNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifegain triggers
- 1Activate Survey Mechan by sacrificing it.
- 2When Survey Mechan dies, Mortuary triggers, putting Survey Mechan from your graveyard onto the top of your library.
- 3Skeleton Crew triggers, creating two creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Survey Mechan ability, dealing 3 damage to any target and causing you to draw three cards and gain 3 life.
- 5Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the two creature tokens, adding .
- 6Cast Survey Mechan by paying .
- 7Repeat.
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Legal formats
standardfuturehistorictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerstandardbrawlbrawlcompetitivebrawlalchemyduel
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