Celestial Mantle

Combos with Celestial Mantle

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.

• Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate Infinite
  • Near-infinite lifegain
  • Near-infinite damage to one opponent
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• Defiling Daemogoth Infinite
  • Near-infinite lifegain
  • Near-infinite lifeloss
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• Sage of Hours Sunbond Infinite
  • Infinite turns
  • Lock
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →
• Sage of Hours Light of Promise Infinite
  • Infinite turns
  • Lock
  See the steps on Commander Spellbook →

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Rulings

5 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

• 2009-10-01

  If the enchanted creature’s controller has a life total below 0 (which is possible if that player controls Platinum Angel, for example), Celestial Mantle’s triggered ability multiplies that number by two. For example, if the player had -4 life, that player’s life total becomes -8.

• 2009-10-01

  At the time the ability triggers, determine which creature Celestial Mantle is enchanting. As the ability resolves, determine who currently controls that creature (or, if it’s no longer on the battlefield, determine who controlled it when it left). That’s the player whose life total is doubled. It doesn’t matter who controls Celestial Mantle, who controlled the creature at the time the ability triggered, or what creature Celestial Mantle enchants at the time the ability resolves.

• 2009-10-01

  If a creature dealing combat damage at the same time as the enchanted creature has lifelink, the life gained due to lifelink happens before Celestial Mantle’s triggered ability resolves.

• 2009-10-01

  If a player’s life total is doubled, that player actually gains or loses the necessary amount of life. For example, if the life total of the enchanted creature’s controller is 14 when Celestial Mantle’s triggered ability resolves, the ability causes that player to gain 14 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.

• 2010-06-15

  In a Two-Headed Giant game, Celestial Mantle’s essentially doubles the team’s life total. Specifically, the triggered ability will affect one player’s life total, and then the team’s life total is adjusted by the amount of life the player gains as a result of this ability. Suppose a creature enchanted by Celestial Mantle deals combat damage to an opponent, and that creature’s controller’s team has 11 life. That player then has 11 life, so it’s doubled to 22, for a net gain of 11 life. The team’s life total becomes 22 (11 + 11).

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

In the 99

Every deck whose current list includes Celestial Mantle, whatever its commander.