Swift Warkite 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.
Official card text
Flying When this creature enters, you may put a creature card with mana value 3 or less from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield. That creature gains haste. Return it to your hand at the beginning of the next end step.
How it works : Swift Warkite
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You can’t put creatures onto the battlefield face down this way.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The creature you put onto the battlefield will be returned to your hand only if it’s still on the battlefield as the delayed triggered ability resolves during the next end step. If it leaves the battlefield before then, it will remain wherever it is.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The delayed triggered ability that returns the creature to your hand will trigger even if Swift Warkite leaves the battlefield before the next end step.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Swift Warkite + Activated Sleeper + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Swift Warkite, adding
. - 2Cast Activated Sleeper by paying
, choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite. - 3When Activated Sleeper enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 4Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Activated Sleeper, adding .
- 5Resolve the Activated Sleeper trigger, returning Activated Sleeper from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
Swift Warkite + Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Glasspool Mimic by paying
, choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite. - 2When Glasspool Mimic enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Glasspool Mimic, adding .
- 4Resolve the Glasspool Mimic trigger, returning Glasspool Mimic from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Swift Warkite + Mirror Image + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Mirror Image by paying , choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 2When Mirror Image enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Mirror Image, adding .
- 4Resolve the Mirror Image trigger, returning Mirror Image from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Swift Warkite + Protean Raider + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Protean Raider by paying
, choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite. - 2When Protean Raider enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Protean Raider, adding .
- 4Resolve the Protean Raider trigger, returning Protean Raider from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
Swift Warkite + Phantasmal Image + Ashnod's Altar
- 1Cast Phantasmal Image by paying , choosing to have it enter the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 2When Phantasmal Image enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Phantasmal Image, adding .
- 4Resolve the Phantasmal Image trigger, returning Phantasmal Image from your graveyard to the battlefield as a copy of Swift Warkite.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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