Winding Canyons 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
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How it works : Winding Canyons
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability isn’t limited to creature cards in your hand. If an effect allows you to cast creature cards from some other zone, then Winding Canyons will allow you to do so as though they had flash.
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
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Drowner of Truth // Drowned Jungle + Winding Canyons
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Winding Canyons' second ability by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast any other Eldrazi except Drowner of Truth by paying its mana cost, triggering Ulalek.
- 3Holding priority, cast Drowner of Truth by paying
. - 4Drowner of Truth and Ulalek trigger.
- 5Resolve the Ulalek trigger, causing you to pay to copy all spells you control and then copy all activated and triggered abilities you control, ensuring to put Drowner of Truth's trigger on top of Ulalek's trigger.
- 6Resolve the copy of Drowner of Truth's trigger, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 7Activate the Eldrazi Spawns by sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Resolve the copy of Ulalek's trigger, causing you to pay to copy all spells you control and then copy all activated and triggered abilities you control, ensuring to put Drowner of Truth's trigger on top of Ulalek's trigger.
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#2
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Universal Automaton + Ashnod's Altar + Winding Canyons
Infinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggersInfinite self-millInfinite colorless mana
- 1Activate Winding Canyons' second ability by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast Universal Automaton from your hand or graveyard by paying
. - 3Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Universal Automaton, adding .
- 4When Universal Automaton dies, Zask triggers.
- 5Holding priority, cast Universal Automaton from your graveyard by paying .
- 6Resolve the Zask trigger, causing you to mill two cards.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#3
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Universal Automaton + Winding Canyons + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Winding Canyons' second ability by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast Universal Automaton from your hand or graveyard by paying .
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Universal Automaton, adding .
- 4When Universal Automaton dies, Zask triggers.
- 5Holding priority, cast Universal Automaton from your graveyard by paying .
- 6Resolve the Zask trigger, causing you to mill two cards.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#4
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord + Universal Automaton + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Winding Canyons
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Winding Canyons' second ability by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast Universal Automaton from your hand or graveyard by paying .
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks by sacrificing Universal Automaton, adding .
- 4When Universal Automaton dies, Zask triggers.
- 5Holding priority, cast Universal Automaton from your graveyard by paying .
- 6Resolve the Zask trigger, causing you to mill two cards.
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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#5
Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Seething Song + Storm-Kiln Artist + Winding Canyons
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Winding Canyons by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast Seething Song by paying
. - 3Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying and returning it from the battlefield to your hand, copying Seething Song.
- 6Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the Seething Song copy, adding .
- 8Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding
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#6
Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Jeska's Will + Storm-Kiln Artist + Winding Canyons
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETB
- 1Activate Winding Canyons by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast Jeska's Will by paying .
- 3Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying and returning it from the battlefield to your hand, copying Jeska's Will.
- 6Storm-Kiln Artist triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 7Resolve the Jeska's Will copy, adding at least .
- 8Activate a Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
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#7
Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Turnabout + Winding Canyons
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite mana lands you control can produce
- 1Activate all mana-producing lands you control except Winding Canyons by tapping them, adding at least .
- 2Activate Winding Canyons's second ability by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
- 3Cast Turnabout by paying .
- 4Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying and returning it from the battlefield to your hand, copying Turnabout.
- 5Resolve the copy of Turnabout, untapping all lands you control.
- 6Activate all mana-producing lands you control by tapping them, adding at least .
- 7Cast Rootha by paying .
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#8
Rootha, Mercurial Artist + Brass's Bounty + Winding Canyons
Infinite artifact ETBInfinite artifact LTBInfinite artifact sacrifice triggersInfinite artifact tokens
- 1Activate Winding Canyons by paying and tapping it, allowing you to cast creature spells as though they have flash this turn.
- 2Cast Brass's Bounty by paying
. - 3Holding priority, activate Rootha by paying and returning it from the battlefield to your hand, copying Brass's Bounty.
- 4Resolve the Brass's Bounty copy, creating at least six Treasure tokens.
- 5Activate five Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 6Cast Rootha by paying .
- 7Repeat from step 3.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredhtlr
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