MagicalHacker - List of All Anti-Infinite Cards

Commander / EDH*

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Preemptive Exiling (15)

• 1x Bitter Ordeal
• 1x Cranial Extraction
• 1x Earwig Squad
• 1x Extract
• 1x Hide / Seek
• 1x Jester's Cap
• 1x Memoricide
• 1x Necromentia
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Rootwater Thief
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Slaughter Games
• 1x Stain the Mind
• 1x Thought Hemorrhage
• 1x Unmoored Ego

Forbidden Casting (7)

• 1x Council of the Absolute
• 1x Gideon's Intervention
• 1x Meddling Mage
• 1x Nevermore
• 1x Null Chamber
• 1x Sanctum Prelate
• 1x Voidstone Gargoyle

Activated Ability Remover (4)

• 1x Cursed Totem
• 1x Damping Matrix
• 1x Humility
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence

Forbidden Activating (4)

• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Sorcerous Spyglass
• 1x Voidstone Gargoyle

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List of all pertinent anti-infinite spells in EDH.

What this includes:

• Effects that let you name a combo piece and prevent it from ever being cast
• Effects that let you search an opponent's library to exile a combo piece
• Effects that let you prevent players from activating abilities of creatures or of a chosen card

What this doesn't include:

• Cards above CMC 4, since these cards are already card disadvantage and having to spend more than 4 on them is just horrible (EXCEPTIONS: colorless cards that can exile more than 1 card are okay even with higher mana investments for this list or cards which fit in multiple categories)
• Other ways to shut down combos since they are all too situational to rely on. I made a list of the top 65 most common combos on EDHREC on June 27, 2020, and what I found was that there were 65 combos that appeared in 1000 decks or more (which translates to less than 1 out of every 300 decks). Of those, only the cards you see on this list answered at least 1/3 of those combos or more, and with the exception of cards like Linvala, all of these cards stop 1/2 of the combos or more. Other things were just too unreliable. For example, graveyard hate (aka anti-recursion) only stops 14 of those 65 combos and anti-ETB (cards like Torpor Orb) only stops 12 of those 65. Here, see for yourself:

Top 65 Most Common 2-Card Infinite Combos in Commander Decks according to EDHREC

7312 Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake
6273 Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond
4786 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts
4552 Dakmor Salvage + The Gitrog Monster
3721 Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth
3088 Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle
3013 Demonic Consultation + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
2976 Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, Parun
2672 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion
2457 Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
2429 Grand Architect + Pili-Pala
2396 Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac
2354 Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank
2321 Animate Dead + Worldgorger Dragon
2259 Priest of Titania + Umbral Mantle
2143 Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Ophidian Eye
2138 Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank
2025 Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host
1968 Aurelia, the Warleader + Helm of the Host
1868 Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame
1824 Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron
1559 Dance of the Dead + Worldgorger Dragon
1721 Fraying Sanity + Traumatize
1702 Buried Alive + Necrotic Ooze
1693 Exquisite Blood + Vizkopa Guildmage
1671 Elvish Archdruid + Umbral Mantle
1602 Axebane Guardian + High Alert
1585 Combat Celebrant + Helm of the Host
1537 Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace
1536 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Ophidian Eye
1524 Keening Stone + Traumatize
1497 Mindcrank + Syr Konrad, the Grim
1482 Eldrazi Displacer + Peregrine Drake
1440 Priest of Titania + Staff of Domination
1391 Felidar Guardian + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1397 Fleet Swallower + Fraying Sanity
1369 Necromancy + Worldgorger Dragon
1322 Aggravated Assault + Sword of Feast and Famine
1309 Grim Monolith + Power Artifact
1321 Mana Geyser + Reiterate
1292 Karametra's Acolyte + Umbral Mantle
1263 Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista
1247 Ezuri, Claw of Progress + Sage of Hours
1267 Cliffhaven Vampire + Exquisite Blood
1244 Thopter Assembly + Time Sieve
1236 Fleet Swallower + Keening Stone
1244 Entomb + Necrotic Ooze
1229 Eternal Scourge + Food Chain
1232 Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw
1254 Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1163 Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Nature's Will
1174 Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact
1222 Aggravated Assault + Neheb, the Eternal
1161 Helm of Obedience + Rest in Peace
1166 Defiant Bloodlord + Exquisite Blood
1112 Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Tandem Lookout
1113 Deceiver Exarch + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1105 Devoted Druid + Vizier of Remedies
1102 Freed from the Real + Incubation Druid
1104 Marwyn, the Nurturer + Umbral Mantle
1041 Cryptolith Rite + Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
1036 Splinter Twin + Zealous Conscripts
1020 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Tandem Lookout
1013 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Pestermite

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Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Aggravated Assault + Sword of Feast and Famine Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Zealous Conscripts Grand Architect + Pili-Pala Eternal Scourge + Food Chain Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker + Pestermite Deceiver Exarch + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion Animate Dead + Worldgorger Dragon Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind Mana Geyser + Reiterate Duskmantle Guildmage + Mindcrank Exquisite Blood + Sanguine Bond Felidar Guardian + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Defiant Bloodlord + Exquisite Blood Exquisite Blood + Vizkopa Guildmage Eldrazi Displacer + Peregrine Drake Thopter Assembly + Time Sieve Splinter Twin + Zealous Conscripts Bloodchief Ascension + Mindcrank Necromancy + Worldgorger Dragon Dance of the Dead + Worldgorger Dragon Devoted Druid + Vizier of Remedies Helm of Obedience + Rest in Peace Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Ophidian Eye Dualcaster Mage + Twinflame Aggravated Assault + Savage Ventmaw Grim Monolith + Power Artifact Buried Alive + Necrotic Ooze Ad Nauseam + Angel's Grace Ezuri, Claw of Progress + Sage of Hours Keening Stone + Traumatize Priest of Titania + Umbral Mantle Elvish Archdruid + Umbral Mantle Karametra's Acolyte + Umbral Mantle Cliffhaven Vampire + Exquisite Blood Combat Celebrant + Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Basalt Monolith + Power Artifact Priest of Titania + Staff of Domination Fraying Sanity + Traumatize Dakmor Salvage + The Gitrog Monster Demonic Consultation + Laboratory Maniac Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind + Tandem Lookout Aggravated Assault + Neheb, the Eternal Fleet Swallower + Fraying Sanity Fleet Swallower + Keening Stone Combat Celebrant + Helm of the Host Godo, Bandit Warlord + Helm of the Host Marwyn, the Nurturer + Umbral Mantle Najeela, the Blade-Blossom + Nature's Will Cryptolith Rite + Najeela, the Blade-Blossom Curiosity + Niv-Mizzet, Parun Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Tandem Lookout Niv-Mizzet, Parun + Ophidian Eye Axebane Guardian + High Alert Demonic Consultation + Jace, Wielder of Mysteries Freed from the Real + Incubation Druid Mindcrank + Syr Konrad, the Grim Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista Demonic Consultation + Thassa's Oracle Entomb + Necrotic Ooze
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 0 Rares 1 - 0 Uncommons
Cards	29
Avg. CMC	3.28
Tokens	Zombie 2/2 B
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