Ulvenwald Mysteries 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
Whenever a nontoken creature you control dies, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you sacrifice a Clue, create a 1/1 white Human Soldier creature token.
How it works : Ulvenwald Mysteries
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a nontoken creature dies at the same time as Ulvenwald Mysteries leaves the battlefield, the first ability triggers. Similarly, if Ulvenwald Mysteries isn’t a token and has become a creature, it dying will cause its own first ability to trigger.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The last ability is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn’t allow you to sacrifice a Clue whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of sacrificing it, such as the activated ability that Clue tokens have.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If you sacrifice a Clue as part of casting a spell or activating an ability, the last ability will resolve before that spell or ability.
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
Academy Manufactor + Pitiless Plunderer + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite colored manaNear-infinite death triggers
- 1Activate a Clue by paying and sacrificing it.
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' second ability triggers, creating a 1/1 Human Warrior creature token.
- 3Resolve the Clue ability, causing you to draw a card.
- 4Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Human Warrior, adding
. - 5The Human Warrior dies, triggering Pitiless Plunderer, creating a Food, a Clue, and a Treasure token.
- 6Repeat.
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#2
Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, adding .
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' first ability triggers, creating a Clue, a Food, and a Treasure token.
- 3Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 5Repeat.
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#3
Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Viscera Seer
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' first ability triggers, creating a Clue, a Food, and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability, causing you to scry 1.
- 4Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 6Repeat.
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#4
Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar, adding one mana of any color.
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' first ability triggers, creating a Clue, a Food, and a Treasure token.
- 3Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 4Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 5Repeat.
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#5
Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Carrion Feeder
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' first ability triggers, creating a Clue, a Food, and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability, putting a +1/+1 counter on it.
- 4Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 6Repeat.
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#6
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Ashnod's Altar
Infinite card drawInfinite draw triggersNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature ETB
- 1Activate the Clue by paying and sacrificing it.
- 2Eloise's and Ulvenwald Mysteries' second abilities trigger.
- 3Resolve the Eloise trigger, causing you to surveil 1.
- 4Resolve the Ulvenwald Mysteries trigger, creating a 1/1 Human Soldier creature token.
- 5Resolve the Clue ability from step 1, causing you to draw a card.
- 6Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing the Human Soldier, adding .
- 7Eloise's first and second abilities trigger.
- 8Resolve Eloise's first trigger, causing you to investigate.
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#7
Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Goblin Bombardment
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' first ability triggers, creating a Clue, a Food, and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability, dealing 1 damage to any target.
- 4Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 6Repeat.
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#8
Academy Manufactor + Ulvenwald Mysteries + Cauldron Familiar + Altar of Dementia
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Altar of Dementia by sacrificing Cauldron Familiar.
- 2Ulvenwald Mysteries' first ability triggers, creating a Clue, a Food, and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Altar of Dementia ability, causing target player to mill cards equal to Cauldron Familiar's power.
- 4Activate Cauldron Familiar by sacrificing a Food token, returning Cauldron Familiar from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 5Cauldron Familiar enters the battlefield, causing each opponent to lose 1 life and you to gain 1 life.
- 6Repeat.
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Legal formats
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