Xathrid Necromancer 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 this creature or another Human creature you control dies, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
How it works : Xathrid Necromancer
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If Xathrid Necromancer dies at the same time as another Human creature you control, its ability will trigger twice.
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
Xathrid Necromancer + Ashnod's Altar + Maskwood Nexus
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Maskwood Nexus, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Repeat.
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#2
Xathrid Necromancer + Viscera Seer + Maskwood Nexus
Infinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Maskwood Nexus, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Xathrid Necromancer + Ashnod's Altar + Conspiracy
Infinite colorless manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Conspiracy, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Repeat.
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#4
Xathrid Necromancer + Phyrexian Altar + Maskwood Nexus
Infinite colored manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Maskwood Nexus, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Repeat.
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#5
Xathrid Necromancer + Maskwood Nexus + Silvar, Devourer of the Free
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Silvar by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Maskwood Nexus, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Resolve the Silvar ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#6
Xathrid Necromancer + Phyrexian Altar + Conspiracy
Infinite colored manaInfinite death triggersInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Conspiracy, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Repeat.
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#7
Xathrid Necromancer + Viscera Seer + Conspiracy
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggersInfinite creature sacrifice triggers
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Conspiracy, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Xathrid Necromancer + Conspiracy + Silvar, Devourer of the Free
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite death triggers
- 1Activate Silvar by sacrificing any other creature.
- 2When the creature dies as a Human due to Conspiracy, Xathrid Necromancer triggers, creating a 2/2 Zombie creature token.
- 3Resolve the Silvar ability.
- 4Repeat.
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