Syndicate Messenger 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 Afterlife 1 (When this creature dies, create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying.)
How it works : Syndicate Messenger
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Because blockers are chosen all at once, you can’t block with a creature with afterlife, wait for it to die, then block with the resulting Spirit tokens.
Card named in this ruling
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar + Syndicate Messenger
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Syndicate Messenger, adding
. - 2When Syndicate Messenger dies, its afterlife ability and Nim Deathmantle trigger.
- 3Resolve the Syndicate Messenger trigger, creating a 1/1 Spirit creature token.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Spirit, adding .
- 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay
to return Syndicate Messenger from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 6Repeat.
Related cards and tokens
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Legal formats
historictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacypaupervintagecommanderoathbreakerbrawlcompetitivebrawlpaupercommanderduel
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Meta decks with Syndicate Messenger
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