Putrid Imp

Creature — Zombie Imp · one black mana

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Putrid Imp is part of 64 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Ketramose, the New Dawn and Mary Read and Anne Bonny.

Putrid Impone black mana
Creature — Zombie Imp

Discard a card: This creature gains flying until end of turn.

Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and can't block.

Mana value
1
Power/Toughness
1/1
Keywords
Threshold
Color identity
one black mana

Frequently combined with

The cards that most often join Putrid Imp across all of its 64 combos.

Roles in combos

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

What Putrid Imp provides to the combos it is part of.

  • Free Discard Outlet

Combos with Putrid Imp

64 combos legal in Commander.

Color Identity: B, G

Cards in combo:
The Gitrog Monster
Dakmor Salvage
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite self-discard triggers

Color Identity: W, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Containment Construct
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Putrid Imp
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: W, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Necropotence
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Cryptcaller Chariot
Kindred Discovery
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite creature ETB
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite rummaging
Near-infinite tapped creature tokens

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Norman Osborn // Green Goblin
Hullbreaker Horror
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Infinite storm count

Color Identity: W, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Necropotence
Feast of Sanity
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Near-infinite damage
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: B, R

Cards in combo:
Magar of the Magic Strings
Rise of the Eldrazi
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite turns

Color Identity: W, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Containment Construct
Starving Revenant
Putrid Imp
+3 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: W, U, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Toluz, Clever Conductor
Feast of Sanity
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Near-infinite damage
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: W, U, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Toluz, Clever Conductor
Queza, Augur of Agonies
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: W, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Necropotence
Starving Revenant
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifeloss
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: U, B, R

Cards in combo:
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
Glint-Horn Buccaneer
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Near-infinite damage
Infinite draw triggers
Near-infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite card draw
Near-infinite looting

Color Identity: W, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Lich's Mastery
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Exile your library
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite rummaging
Infinite self-discard triggers

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Matoya, Archon Elder
Curator of Mysteries
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Disa the Restless
Cloudstone Curio
Putrid Imp
+2 other prerequisites
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite self-discard triggers

Color Identity: U, B

Cards in combo:
Eligeth, Crossroads Augur
Curator of Mysteries
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite draw triggers
Infinite rummaging
Infinite self-discard triggers

Color Identity: W, U, B

Cards in combo:
Ketramose, the New Dawn
Toluz, Clever Conductor
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-discard triggers
Near-infinite lifegain
Near-infinite lifegain triggers
Infinite draw triggers
Exile your library
Infinite rummaging

Color Identity: B, G

Cards in combo:
Ovalchase Daredevil
Chalk Outline
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite self-discard triggers
Infinite Clue tokens

Color Identity: B, G, U

Cards in combo:
Ovalchase Daredevil
Kheru Goldkeeper
Putrid Imp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite artifact ETB
Infinite artifact LTB
Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers
Infinite artifact tokens
Infinite colored mana
Infinite self-discard triggers
Infinite Treasure tokens

Color Identity: B, R, G

Cards in combo:
Korvold, Fae-Cursed King
Surly Badgersaur
Dakmor Salvage
Putrid Imp
Results in combo:
Infinite self-mill
Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Near-infinite colored mana
Near-infinite self-discard triggers
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