Agate Instigator

Combos with Agate Instigator

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

• Storm Herd Infinite
  • Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Near-infinite creature tokens
  • Near-infinite damage
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• The Locust God Curiosity Infinite
  • Near-infinite damage
  • Infinite card draw
  • Near-infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite draw triggers
  • Near-infinite creature tokens with haste
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• The Red Terror Animation Module Phyrexian Altar Infinite
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite damage
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →

Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.

Rulings

9 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

• 2024-07-26

  Any "enters" abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters. Any "as [this creature] enters" or "[this creature] enters with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.

• 2024-07-26

  Many creatures with offspring abilities have other abilities that refer to them as "this creature" rather than referring to them by name. This difference is for clarity purposes and does not change the function of any of these abilities.

• 2024-07-26

  In the rare case where the creature doesn't have the offspring ability when it enters, the ability won't trigger even if you paid the offspring cost.

• 2024-07-26

  The token created by the offspring ability isn't "cast", so abilities that trigger when a creature spell is cast won't trigger for the copy.

• 2024-07-26

  If the spell is countered, the offspring ability will not trigger, and no token will be created.

• 2024-07-26

  In the rare case where the original creature is copying something else when the offspring ability resolves, the token enters as whatever that creature copied, except it's a 1/1.

• 2024-07-26

  If the spell resolves but the creature with offspring leaves the battlefield before the offspring ability resolves, you'll still create a token copy of it.

• 2024-07-26

  You can pay an offspring cost only once as you cast a spell with offspring. You can't try to pay it multiple times to get more token copies.

• 2024-07-26

  The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else, except it's a 1/1 (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, or so on.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Agate Instigator, whatever its commander.