Hawkeye's Bow introduces a turn-two infinite combo in Magic: The Gathering's Pauper format
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Lloyd Coombes
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Summary
A new Magic: The Gathering card called Hawkeye's Bow, from the Marvel Super Heroes crossover set, creates a powerful two-card infinite combo in the Pauper format. The combo involves equipping Hawkeye's Bow to a creature with untap abilities (like Quirion Ranger or Wirewood Symbiote), allowing infinite untaps and infinite damage. The article explains how the combo works, discusses the Pauper format's history with banning problematic combos, and notes that this card is already on the ban watchlist due to its potential to dominate the meta.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledThe new Marvel Super Heroes set for Magic: The Gathering is bringing a lot of powerful cards to the table, but one in particular is already on the ban watch for the Pauper format.
Hawkeye's Bow is a two-mana Equipment that gives the equipped creature +1/+1 and has the ability to tap the equipped creature to deal one damage to any target.
The combo works by equipping Hawkeye's Bow to a creature that can untap itself, allowing you to repeatedly tap and untap the creature to deal infinite damage.
Pauper is a format that has a history of banning cards that create oppressive combos, and Hawkeye's Bow is already looking like it could be the next card on that list.
The combo can be assembled as early as turn two, making it one of the fastest infinite combos in the format.
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