Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Combos with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

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• Palinchron Infinite
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite mana lands you control can produce
  • Infinite storm count
  • Infinite untap of lands you control
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• Aethertide Whale Nissa, Worldsoul Speaker Infinite
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite storm count
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• Peregrine Drake Meticulous Excavation Infinite
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite mana lands you control can produce
  • Infinite storm count
  • Infinite untap of lands you control
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• Deadeye Navigator Charming Scoundrel Infinite
  • Infinite artifact ETB
  • Infinite artifact LTB
  • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature LTB
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• Deadeye Navigator Sailor of Means Infinite
  • Infinite artifact ETB
  • Infinite artifact LTB
  • Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite creature ETB
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• Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki Zealous Conscripts Infinite
  • Infinite creature tokens with haste
  • Infinite creature ETB
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• Venser, Shaper Savant Treachery Infinite
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite mana lands you control can produce
  • Infinite storm count
  • Infinite untap of lands you control
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• Zacama, Primal Calamity Shivan Wurm Infinite
  • Destroy all artifacts and enchantments opponents control
  • Infinite damage to creatures
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite lifegain
  • Infinite lifegain triggers
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite mana lands you control can produce
  • Infinite storm count
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Rulings

11 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

• 2023-02-04

  In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used. For example, if Elite Arcanist's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers twice, two cards are exiled. The value of X in the activation cost of Elite Arcanist's other ability is the sum of the two cards' mana values. As the ability resolves, you create copies of both cards and can cast none, one, or both of the copies in any order.

• 2023-02-04

  Elesh Norn's first ability doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to put counters on a permanent, are also made individually.

• 2023-02-04

  If you somehow control two Elesh Norns, a permanent entering the battlefield causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Elesh Norn causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on.

• 2023-02-04

  Elesh Norn's second and third ability each affects a permanent's own enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that permanent enters the battlefield. Such triggered abilities start with "when" or "whenever." Some keyword abilities also include a triggered ability that happens when a permanent enters the battlefield, such as For Mirrodin!

• 2023-02-04

  If a permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as Elesh Norn (including Elesh Norn itself) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

• 2023-02-04

  Elesh Norn's abilities don't look at who controls the permanent entering the battlefield, only who controls the permanent that has the triggered ability. For example, if you control Elesh Norn and a permanent with the ability "Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life," a creature entering the battlefield under an opponent's control will cause that ability to trigger twice.

• 2023-02-04

  Replacement effects are unaffected by Elesh Norn's abilities. For example, a creature that enters the battlefield under your control with one +1/+1 counter on it won't receive an additional +1/+1 counter.

• 2023-02-04

  Similarly, a permanent entering the battlefield at the same time as Elesh Norn (still including Elesh Norn) won't cause abilities of permanents an opponent controls to trigger.

• 2023-02-04

  Abilities that apply "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield," such as choosing a card type with Stenn, Paranoid Partisan, are also unaffected.

• 2023-02-04

  In a Two-Headed Giant game, Elesh Norn does not affect triggered abilities of permanents your teammate controls.

• 2023-02-04

  If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, additional instances of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by instances of the triggered ability.

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