Torsten, Founder of Benalia 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 Torsten enters, reveal the top seven cards of your library. Put any number of creature and/or land cards from among them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. When Torsten dies, create seven 1/1 white Soldier creature tokens.
How it works : Torsten, Founder of Benalia
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Torsten, Founder of Benalia + Nim Deathmantle + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite colorless manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Torsten, adding
. - 2Torsten dies, triggering itself and Nim Deathmantle.
- 3Resolve the Torsten trigger, creating seven 1/1 Soldier creature tokens.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing a Soldier, adding .
- 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay
to return Torsten from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it. - 6Torsten enters the battlefield, allowing you to search the top seven cards of your library and put any number of creature and/or land cards from them into your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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#2
Torsten, Founder of Benalia + Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Torsten, adding
. - 2Torsten dies, triggering itself and Nim Deathmantle.
- 3Resolve the Torsten trigger, creating seven 1/1 Soldier creature tokens.
- 4Activate Phyrexian Altar three times by sacrificing three Soldiers, adding
. - 5Resolve the Nim Deathmantle trigger from step 2, causing you to pay to return Torsten from your graveyard to the battlefield, and attach Nim Deathmantle to it.
- 6Torsten enters the battlefield, allowing you to search the top seven cards of your library and put any number of creature and/or land cards from them into your hand.
- 7Repeat.
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#3
Torsten, Founder of Benalia + Enduring Renewal + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored manaInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Torsten, adding .
- 2Torsten dies, triggering itself and Enduring Renewal.
- 3Resolve the Torsten trigger, creating seven 1/1 Soldier creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Enduring Renewal trigger, returning Torsten from your graveyard to your hand.
- 5Activate Phyrexian Altar six times by sacrificing six Soldiers, adding
. - 6Cast Torsten by paying
. - 7Torsten enters the battlefield, allowing you to search the top seven cards of your library and put any number of creature and/or land cards from them into your hand.
- 8Repeat.
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#4
Torsten, Founder of Benalia + Phyrexian Altar + Myth Unbound + Mirage Mirror
Infinite card drawNear-infinite creature ETBInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite storm count
- 1Activate Mirage Mirror by paying
, causing it to become a copy of Myth Unbound until end of turn. - 2Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Torsten, adding . Choose to return Torsten to the command zone from your graveyard.
- 3Torsten's second ability, Myth Unbound and Mirage Mirror trigger.
- 4Resolve the Torsten trigger, creating seven 1/1 Soldier creature tokens.
- 5Resolve the Myth Unbound and Mirage Mirror triggers, causing you to draw two cards.
- 6Activate Phyrexian Altar six times by sacrificing six Soldiers, adding .
- 7Cast Torsten from the command zone by paying
and without commander tax due to Myth Unbound and Mirage Mirror. - 8Repeat from step 2.
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Legal formats
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