Valduk, Keeper of the Flame 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
At the beginning of combat on your turn, for each Aura and Equipment attached to Valduk, create a 3/1 red Elemental creature token with trample and haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.
How it works : Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Valduk counts all Auras and Equipment attached to it, not only Auras and Equipment you control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Valduk leaves the battlefield after its ability has triggered but before it resolves, use the number of Auras and Equipment that were last attached to it before it left the battlefield to determine how many tokens to create.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If Valduk leaves the battlefield after its ability has resolved, the tokens are still exiled at the beginning of the next end step.
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
Breath of Fury + Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
Infinite combat damageInfinite combat phasesInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Valduk triggers, creating at least one creature token.
- 2Deal combat damage using the creature that has Breath of Fury attached. Breath of Fury triggers, causing you to sacrifice the creature it is attached to, then attach Breath of Fury to a creature token, then causing you to untap all creatures you control and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 3Repeat each combat phase.
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#2
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame + Phyrexian Altar + Aggravated Assault
Infinite colored manaInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggers
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Valduk triggers, creating at least five 3/1 Elemental creature tokens with trample and haste.
- 2Move to your postcombat main phase.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar five times by sacrificing five Elementals, adding
. - 4Activate Aggravated Assault by paying , untapping all creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat and main phase after this one.
- 5Repeat.
- 6If Valduk has at least six Auras and/or Equipments attached to it, this combo nets infinite Elemental tokens and colored mana.
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#3
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame + Thermopod + Aggravated Assault
Infinite combat phasesInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Valduk triggers, creating at least five 3/1 Elemental creature tokens with trample and haste.
- 2Move to your postcombat main phase.
- 3Activate Thermopod's second ability five times by sacrificing five Elementals, adding .
- 4Activate Aggravated Assault by paying , untapping all creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat and main phase after this one.
- 5Repeat.
- 6If Valduk has at least six Auras and/or Equipments attached to it, this combo nets infinite Elemental tokens and colored mana.
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#4
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame + Thermopod + Hellkite Charger
Infinite combat phasesInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Valduk triggers, creating at least seven 3/1 Elemental creature tokens with trample and haste.
- 2Declare Hellkite Charger as an attacker, triggering its ability.
- 3Holding priority, activate Thermopod's second ability seven times by sacrificing seven Elementals, adding seven .
- 4Resolve the Hellkite Charger trigger, causing you to pay
to untap all attacking creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one. - 5Repeat each combat phase.
- 6If Valduk has at least eight Auras and/or Equipments attached to it, this combo nets infinite Elemental tokens and colored mana.
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#5
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame + Phyrexian Altar + Hellkite Charger
Infinite colored manaInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggers
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Valduk triggers, creating at least seven 3/1 Elemental creature tokens with trample and haste.
- 2Declare Hellkite Charger as an attacker, triggering its ability.
- 3Holding priority, activate Phyrexian Altar seven times by sacrificing seven Elementals, adding .
- 4Resolve the Hellkite Charger trigger, causing you to pay to untap all attacking creatures you control and causing you to get an additional combat phase after this one.
- 5Repeat each combat phase.
- 6If Valduk has at least eight Auras and/or Equipments attached to it, this combo nets infinite Elemental tokens and colored mana.
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#6
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Valduk, Keeper of the Flame + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored manaInfinite combat phasesInfinite creature tokens with hasteInfinite death triggers
- 1At the beginning of your combat phase, Valduk triggers, creating at least five 3/1 Elemental creature tokens with trample and haste.
- 2Activate Phyrexian Altar five times by sacrificing five Elementals, adding
. - 3Activate Najeela by paying , untapping all attacking creatures, giving them trample, lifelink and haste, and gaining an additional combat phase after this one.
- 4Repeat.
- 5If Valduk has at least six Auras and/or Equipments attached to it and/or if Najeela attacks, this combo nets infinite creature tokens and colored mana.
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