Heavy Arbalest

Artifact — Equipment · three generic mana

the front side of Heavy Arbalest
the back of a classic MtG card

Heavy Arbalest is part of 32 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Thornbite Staff and Shelob, Child of Ungoliant.

Heavy Arbalestthree generic mana
Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.

Equipped creature has "tap this permanent: This creature deals 2 damage to any target."

Equip four generic mana

Mana value
3
Keywords
Equip
Color identity
one colorless mana

Frequently combined with

The cards that most often join Heavy Arbalest across all of its 32 combos.

Roles in combos

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

What Heavy Arbalest provides to the combos it is part of.

  • Card that Grants "tap this permanent: Deal Damage"

Combos with Heavy Arbalest

32 combos legal in Commander.

Color Identity: C

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Basilisk Collar
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: C

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Gorgon's Head
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: C

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Gorgon Flail
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: C

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Heavy Arbalest
Quietus Spike
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: W

Cards in combo:
Famished Paladin
Heavy Arbalest
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite damage
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifegain triggers

Color Identity: G

Cards in combo:
Lurking Roper
Heavy Arbalest
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite damage
Infinite lifegain
Infinite lifegain triggers

Color Identity: B, G

Cards in combo:
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Thornbite Staff
Heavy Arbalest
Results in combo:
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
Destroy all creatures opponents control

Color Identity: C

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Heavy Arbalest
Nazgûl Battle-Mace
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Vorpal Sword
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Eater of the Dead
Heavy Arbalest
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Destroy each creature that enters the battlefield under an opponent's control
Destroy any number of creatures opponents control

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Rune of Mortality
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Gift of Doom
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: B

Cards in combo:
Thornbite Staff
Heavy Arbalest
Aspect of Gorgon
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Destroy all creatures opponents control
Destroy all creatures opponents control whenever a creature enters the battlefield

Color Identity: R

Cards in combo:
Tephraderm
Heavy Arbalest
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Draw the game

Color Identity: B, R

Cards in combo:
Smaug the Impenetrable
Battered Golem
Heavy Arbalest
Results in combo:
Infinite Treasure tokens
Infinite colored mana
Infinite damage
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact tokens

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Nested Ghoul
Intruder Alarm
Heavy Arbalest
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
Infinite untap of creatures

Color Identity: W, U

Cards in combo:
Warchanter Skald
Intruder Alarm
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite damage
Infinite death triggers
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite untap of creatures
Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Thieving Otter
Mind Over Matter
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Near-infinite damage
Infinite self-discard triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite looting

Color Identity: U

Cards in combo:
Lu Xun, Scholar General
Mind Over Matter
Heavy Arbalest
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite looting
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite damage

Color Identity: G

Cards in combo:
Nature's Revolt
Thornbite Staff
Heavy Arbalest
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Destroy all lands opponents control
Destroy all lands that enter the battlefield under an opponent's control
Mass Land Denial
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