Tainted Strike

Instant · one black mana

the front side of Tainted Strike
the back of a classic MtG card

Tainted Strike is part of 43 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Syr Konrad, the Grim and Skirk Fire Marshal.

Tainted Strikeone black mana
Instant

Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Mana value
1
Color identity
one black mana

Frequently combined with

The cards that most often join Tainted Strike across all of its 43 combos.

Roles in combos

Tainted Strike can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.

What Tainted Strike provides to the combos it is part of.

  • Gives Infect to Creature

Combos with Tainted Strike

43 combos legal in Commander.

Color Identity: B, R

Cards in combo:
Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
Tainted Strike
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Windfall
Tainted Strike
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Super State
Tainted Strike
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Windfall
Tainted Strike
Orcish Bowmasters
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Windfall
Tainted Strike
Razorkin Needlehead
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Windfall
Tainted Strike
Fate Unraveler
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Windfall
Tainted Strike
Kederekt Parasite
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B, R

Cards in combo:
Heartless Hidetsugu
Tainted Strike
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Echo of Eons
Tainted Strike
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Razorkin Needlehead
Echo of Eons
Tainted Strike
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Tortured Existence
Tainted Strike
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Fate Unraveler
Echo of Eons
Tainted Strike
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Kederekt Parasite
Echo of Eons
Tainted Strike
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Lord of Tresserhorn
Tainted Strike
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Target opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Morality Shift
Tainted Strike
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Tainted Strike
Perpetual Timepiece
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B, G

Cards in combo:
Hydra Omnivore
Tainted Strike
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Tainted Strike
Elixir of Immortality
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Tainted Strike
Feldon's Cane
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game

Color Identity: B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Tainted Strike
Avenger of Zendikar
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Each opponent loses the game
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