Against All Odds
Sorcery · 
Against All Odds is part of 31 combos legal in Commander. Often combined with Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward and Scholar of the Ages.
Against All Odds
Sorcery
Choose one or both —
• Exile target artifact or creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control.
• Return target artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- Mana value
- 4
- Color identity
Frequently combined with
The cards that most often join Against All Odds across all of its 31 combos.
Roles in combos
What Against All Odds provides to the combos it is part of.
- Instant / Sorcery that Blinks a Permanent
Combos with Against All Odds
31 combos legal in Commander.
Color Identity: W
Cards in combo:
Preston, the Vanisher
Against All Odds
Felidar Guardian
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite landfall triggers
Infinite blinking of permanents
Infinite mana lands you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
Exile all nonland permanents opponents control
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Archaeomancer
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Against All Odds
Dualcaster Mage
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W
Cards in combo:
Preston, the Vanisher
Against All Odds
Wispweaver Angel
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Eternal Witness
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Mnemonic Wall
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Against All Odds
Naru Meha, Master Wizard
Results in combo:
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Ardent Elementalist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Shipwreck Dowser
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Timeless Witness
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Salvager of Secrets
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Scholar of the Ages
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Repository Skaab
Against All Odds
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Infinite death triggers
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite mana nonland permanents you control that enter the battlefield untapped can produce
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Revolutionist
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Greenwarden of Murasa
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: G, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Skullwinder
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Target opponent returns all cards in their graveyard to their hand
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Against All Odds
Time Warp
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: W, U
Cards in combo:
Scholar of the Ages
Against All Odds
Temporal Manipulation
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite turns
Color Identity: R, W
Cards in combo:
Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
Against All Odds
Returned Pastcaller
+1 other prerequisite
Results in combo:
Infinite creature LTB
Infinite creature ETB
Infinite storm count
Infinite creature tokens
Infinite blinking of nonland permanents
Infinite magecraft triggers
Return all creature cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
Return all artifact cards with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield
