Tenacious Dead 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
When this creature dies, you may pay. If you do, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control.
How it works : Tenacious Dead
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You decide whether to pay
when the ability resolves. If you choose not to, you won’t get another chance later.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you control a Tenacious Dead owned by another player when it dies, you’ll control the triggered ability. However, if you choose to pay
, it will be put onto the battlefield under its owner’s control.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
Tenacious Dead + Ashnod's Altar + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding
. - 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate that Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying to return it to the battlefield from your graveyard.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding one mana.
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate that Treasure token by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying to return it to the battlefield from your graveyard.
- 6Repeat.
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#3
Tenacious Dead + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer + Pawn of Ulamog
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Tenacious Dead.
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it, Pawn of Ulamog, and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5In response to the remaining trigger, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 6When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the Viscera Seer ability from step 5.
- 8Activate two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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Tenacious Dead + Phyrexian Altar + Pawn of Ulamog
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding .
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it and Pawn of Ulamog trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a token.
- 4Activate that token by sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying to return it to the battlefield from your graveyard.
- 6Repeat.
- 7Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding .
- 8When Tenacious Dead dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
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#5
Tenacious Dead + Pitiless Plunderer + Carrion Feeder + Pawn of Ulamog
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Tenacious Dead.
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it, Pawn of Ulamog, and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Pawn of Ulamog trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5In response to the remaining trigger, activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature token.
- 6When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability from step 5.
- 8Activate two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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Tenacious Dead + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer + Sifter of Skulls
Infinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Tenacious Dead.
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it, Sifter of Skulls, and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Sifter of Skulls trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5In response to the remaining trigger, activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 6When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the Viscera Seer ability from step 5.
- 8Activate two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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#7
Tenacious Dead + Sifter of Skulls + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding .
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it and Sifter of Skulls trigger.
- 3Resolve the Sifter of Skulls trigger, creating a token.
- 4Activate that token by sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, paying to return it to the battlefield from your graveyard.
- 6Repeat.
- 7Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Tenacious Dead, adding .
- 8When Tenacious Dead dies, it and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
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#8
Tenacious Dead + Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls + Carrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact LTBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Tenacious Dead.
- 2When Tenacious Dead dies, it, Sifter of Skulls, and Pitiless Plunderer trigger.
- 3Resolve the Pitiless Plunderer trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Resolve the Sifter of Skulls trigger, creating a creature token.
- 5In response to the remaining trigger, activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature token.
- 6When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability from step 5.
- 8Activate two Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
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Legal formats
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