Traveling Plague 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
Enchant creature At the beginning of each upkeep, put a plague counter on this Aura. Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 for each plague counter on this Aura. When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller returns this Aura from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield.
How it works : Traveling Plague
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
In Two-Headed Giant, triggers only once per upkeep, not once for each player.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
When the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, this card is placed into the graveyard as is normal for an Aura when it loses what it enchants. The triggered ability returns this card to the battlefield with no counters on it.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
A counter is placed on every player's upkeep, not just the controller's upkeep.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
The controller of the dead creature chooses the new creature.
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
Traveling Plague + Viscera Seer + Archon of Sun's Grace
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying
, attaching it to another creature you control. - 2When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#2
Traveling Plague + Viscera Seer + Ajani's Chosen
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#3
Traveling Plague + Phyrexian Altar + Archon of Sun's Grace
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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#4
Traveling Plague + Ashnod's Altar + Archon of Sun's Grace
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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#5
Traveling Plague + Carrion Feeder + Archon of Sun's Grace
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Archon of Sun's Grace triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#6
Traveling Plague + Ajani's Chosen + Carrion Feeder
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#7
Traveling Plague + Phyrexian Altar + Ajani's Chosen
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite colored manaInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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#8
Traveling Plague + Ashnod's Altar + Ajani's Chosen
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Traveling Plague by paying , attaching it to another creature you control.
- 2When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the creature Traveling Plague is attached to.
- 4When the creature dies, Traveling Plague triggers, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to the token created in step 2.
- 5When Traveling Plague enters, Ajani's Chosen triggers, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
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