Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Creature — Human Peasant // Creature — Human Rogue · 
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit is part of 100 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Mortuary and Yawgmoth, Thran Physician.
Panicked Bystander
Creature — Human Peasant
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your end step, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, transform this creature.
Cackling Culprit
Creature — Human Rogue
Whenever this creature or another creature you control dies, you gain 1 life.
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn.
- Mana value
- 2
- Power/Toughness
- 2/2
- Keywords
- Transform
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit across all of its 100 combos.
Roles in combos
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit can stand in for these generic cards, so it also fits the combos that require them.
What Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit provides to the combos it is part of.
- Gain life on Creature LTB (Blood Artist)
Combos with Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
100 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Warren Soultrader
Gravecrawler
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Warren Soultrader
Pitiless Plunderer
Reassembling Skeleton
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Veinwitch Coven
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Phyrexian Altar
+ One-drop creature with a second body
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Veinwitch Coven
Phyrexian Altar
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
+ Creature castable for 
that survives
that survivesResults in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite lifeloss
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Pawn of Ulamog
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B, G
Cards in combo:
Warren Soultrader
Chatterfang, Squirrel General
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite Treasure tokens
Color Identity: W, B, G
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Scurry Oak
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Nest of Scarabs
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
Near-infinite -1/-1 counters
Near-infinite card draw
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Warren Soultrader
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Stridehangar Automaton
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite colored mana
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite Treasure tokens
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Kinzu of the Bleak Coven
Eternal Scourge
Ashnod's Altar
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Results in combo:
Infinite colorless mana
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Blood Pet
Decaying Soil
Carnival of Souls
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite storm count
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Defiant Salvager
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Karmic Guide
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Junji, the Midnight Sky
Defiant Salvager
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Metamorphosis Fanatic
Results in combo:
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Magus of the Bridge
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Fumulus, the Infestation
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Open the Graves
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Field of Souls
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Sifter of Skulls
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Ogre Slumlord
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Color Identity: W, B
Cards in combo:
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
Panicked Bystander // Cackling Culprit
Rat King, Pale Piper
+ Creature with Undying
Results in combo:
Infinite card draw
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Near-infinite creature LTB
Near-infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Near-infinite death triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
