Writhing Chrysalis 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
Devoid (This card has no color.) When you cast this spell, create two 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens with "Sacrifice this token: Add." Reach Whenever you sacrifice another Eldrazi, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
How it works : Writhing Chrysalis
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Writhing Chrysalis's second ability will resolve before Writhing Chrysalis does. If Writhing Chrysalis is countered or otherwise leaves the stack in response to that triggered ability, the triggered ability will still resolve as normal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid a color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Devoid doesn't affect the color identity of the card for the purposes of the Commander variant. For example, while Abstruse Appropriation is colorless because it has devoid, its color identity is still white and black, and it can't be included in a Commander deck where the commander's color identity doesn't include both white and black.
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 + Echoes of Eternity + Writhing Chrysalis
Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stackInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETB
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying
. - 2Ulalek and Writhing Chrysalis' first ability triggers twice, and Echoes of Eternity triggers once.
- 3Resolve one of Writhing Chrysalis' triggers, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 4Resolve the Echoes of Eternity trigger, copying the Writhing Chrysalis spell.
- 5Resolve the copy of the Writhing Chrysalis spell, creating a token copy of it.
- 6Activate both Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens by sacrificing it, adding .
- 7Writhing Chrysalis triggers twice for each Eldrazi sacrificed, putting a total of four +1/+1 counters on itself.
- 8Resolve one of Ulalek's triggers, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
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#2
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Eldritch Immunity
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying . Ulalek and Writhing Chrysalis' first ability trigger.
- 2Holding priority, cast Eldritch Immunity by paying .
- 3Ulalek triggers, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of Writhing Chrysalis' trigger, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 5Activate both Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Resolve the copy of Ulalek's trigger from step 4, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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#3
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Strionic Resonator
Infinite +1/+1 counters on an infinite number of creature tokensInfinite copies of abilities you control on the stackInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying .
- 2Ulalek and Writhing Chrysalis' first ability trigger.
- 3Holding priority, activate Strionic Resonator by paying and tapping it, copying Ulalek's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of Ulalek's trigger, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 5Resolve the copy of the Writhing Chrysalis spell.
- 6Resolve the copy of Writhing Chrysalis' trigger, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 7Activate both Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens by sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Each Writhing Chrysalis you control triggers twice, putting two +1/+1 counters on each of them.
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#4
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Abstruse Archaic
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying .
- 2Writhing Chrysalis and Ulalek trigger.
- 3Holding priority, activate Abstruse Archaic by paying
and tapping it, copying Ulalek's trigger. - 4Resolve the copied Ulalek trigger, causing you to pay and creating a copy of the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Writhing Chrysalis's trigger, and Ulalek's trigger.
- 5Resolve the copied Ulalek trigger, causing you to pay and creating a copy of at least two Writhing Chrysalis spells, at least two Writhing Chrysalis's triggers, and Ulalek's trigger.
- 6Resolve a Writhing Chrysalis trigger, creating two Eldrazi Spawn tokens.
- 7Activate two Eldrazi Spawn tokens by sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat from 5 any number of times.
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#5
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Lithoform Engine
Infinite +1/+1 counters on an infinite number of creature tokensInfinite copies of abilities you control on the stackInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying .
- 2Ulalek and Writhing Chrysalis' first ability trigger.
- 3Holding priority, activate Lithoform Engine's first ability by paying and tapping it, copying Ulalek's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of Ulalek's trigger, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 5Resolve the copy of the Writhing Chrysalis spell.
- 6Resolve the copy of Writhing Chrysalis' trigger, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 7Activate both Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens by sacrificing it, adding .
- 8Each Writhing Chrysalis you control triggers twice, putting two +1/+1 counters on each of them.
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#6
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Nameless Inversion
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying . Ulalek and Writhing Chrysalis' first ability trigger.
- 2Holding priority, cast Nameless Inversion by paying
- 3Ulalek triggers, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of Writhing Chrysalis' trigger, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 5Activate both Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Resolve the copy of Ulalek's trigger from step 4, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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#7
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Annie Joins Up + Writhing Chrysalis
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying .
- 2Ulalek triggers twice, and Writhing Chrysalis' first ability triggers once.
- 3Resolve one of Ulalek's triggers, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 4Resolve the copy of Writhing Chrysalis' trigger, creating two 0/1 Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens.
- 5Activate both Eldrazi Spawn creature tokens by sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Resolve the copy of Ulalek's trigger from step 3, causing you to pay to copy the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Ulalek's trigger and Writhing Chrysalis' trigger.
- 7Repeat from step 4.
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#8
Ulalek, Fused Atrocity + Writhing Chrysalis + Peter Parker's Camera
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
- 1Cast Writhing Chrysalis by paying .
- 2Writhing Chrysalis and Ulalek trigger.
- 3Holding priority, activate Peter Parker's Camera by paying and tapping it, copying Ulalek's trigger.
- 4Resolve the copied Ulalek trigger, causing you to pay and creating a copy of the Writhing Chrysalis spell, Writhing Chrysalis's trigger, and Ulalek's trigger.
- 5Resolve the copied Ulalek trigger, causing you to pay and creating a copy of at least two Writhing Chrysalis spells, at least two Writhing Chrysalis's triggers, and Ulalek's trigger.
- 6Resolve a Writhing Chrysalis trigger, creating two Eldrazi Spawn tokens.
- 7Activate two Eldrazi Spawn tokens by sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Repeat from 5 any number of times.
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Legal formats
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