Headless Rider
Creature — Zombie · 
Headless Rider is part of 19 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Havengul Lich and Grimgrin, Corpse-Born.
Headless Rider
Creature — Zombie
Whenever this creature or another nontoken Zombie you control dies, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
- Mana value
- 3
- Power/Toughness
- 3/1
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Headless Rider across all of its 19 combos.
Roles in combos
Headless Rider can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
What Headless Rider provides to the combos it is part of.
- Permanent with "Whenever a nontoken creature dies, create a token"
Combos with Headless Rider
19 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: B
Cards in combo:
Nim Deathmantle
Ashnod's Altar
Headless Rider
Results in combo:
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Relic of Legends
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Paradise Mantle
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Cryptolith Rite
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Enduring Vitality
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Honor-Worn Shaku
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G
Cards in combo:
Ghouls' Night Out
Phyrexian Altar
Headless Rider
Eternal Witness
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Ghouls' Night Out
Phyrexian Altar
Headless Rider
Salvager of Secrets
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Ghouls' Night Out
Phyrexian Altar
Headless Rider
Mnemonic Wall
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Ghouls' Night Out
Phyrexian Altar
Headless Rider
Shipwreck Dowser
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: U, B
Cards in combo:
Ghouls' Night Out
Phyrexian Altar
Headless Rider
Archaeomancer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Song of Freyalise
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Utopia Vow
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Karametra's Favor
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Citanul Hierophants
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
Headless Rider
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
A Realm Reborn
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: B, G, U
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Elven Chorus
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, U, B, R, G
Cards in combo:
Havengul Lich
Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
Headless Rider
Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge
+ Zombie Creature castable for one colored mana
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
