COMBOS
The Bread and Butter of Every Card Game in Existence from Pokémon to Poker!
Here is my living list(s) of keyforge card combinations and chase groupings.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about this page.
You are missing X combo!
Probably.
Why are these combos grouped this way?
Because this is my site and I can choose.
Whats up with the duplicate cards. Is that REALLLY a combo?
Kinda! For the purpose of why I made this page for myself yes. Sometimes this MATTERS! like having multiple copies of control the weak!
Can I trade for/buy the example deck?
No. Not all example deck urls on this page are for decks I own. See TRADE for list of stuff on my trade list.
What's up with the checkboxes?
These will be working in the near future! This site is still under construction!
COMBOS
This is a living document of combos, synergies, OTKs, and fun things to do in KeyForge.
MARS COMBOS
Like a glass cannon laser from the fourth planet these martian soldiers do not hold back.
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Battle Fleet / Key Abduction | NA | |
| Squawker / “John Smyth” | NA | |
| Battle Fleet / Incubation Chamber | NA | |
| Combat Pheromones / Crystal Hive | NA | |
| Martian Generosity / Literally Anything | NA | |
| Yxilx Dominator / Nyzyk Resonator | NA | |
| Martian Generosity / Key Abduction | NA | |
| Martian Generosity / Key Abduction / Nepenthe seed | NA | |
| Soft Landing / Zookeeper | NA | |
| Martian Generosity / Total Recall | NA | |
| Martian Generosity / x2 Key Abduction | NA | |
| Martian Generosity / Might Makes Right | NA | |
| Custom Virus / Knight Creature Cards | NA | |
| Custom Virus / Demon Creature cards | NA | |
| Glyxl proliferator / Mars first | NA | |
| Glyxl proliferator / Invasion Portal | NA | |
| Yxilx Dominator / Zysysyx Shockworm | NA | |
| Glyxl Proliferator / Hypno Beam | NA | |
| They're everywhere / Mars Needs Aember | NA | |
| Total Recall / Glorious few | NA | |
| Zookeeper / Inspiration | NA | |
| Mindwarper / Zookeeper | NA | |
| Extinction / Phloxem Spike | NA | |
| Commpod / Crystal Hive | NA | |
| “John Smyth” / Megamouth | NA | |
| “John Smyth” / Zookeeper | NA | |
| Commpod / Mating Season | NA | |
| Biomatrix backup / Drumble | NA | |
| Biomatrix backup / Dust Pixie | NA | |
| Collector Worm / Way of the Bear | NA | |
| Glyxl Proliferator / Duskwitch | NA | |
| Uxlyx the Zookeeper / Mars First | NA | |
| Skybooster Squadron / Duskwitch | NA | |
| Vezyma Thinkdrone / Lupo the Scarred | NA | |
| Beam Buckler / Mars Needs Aember | NA | |
| Incubation chamber / Hypnotic command | NA | |
| Grommid / Swap Widget | NA | |
| Grommid / Exterminate Exterminate | NA | |
| Grommid / Pawn Sacrifice | NA | |
| The Sting / Martian Generosity (ideally with key abduction) | NA | |
| 2+ Skybooster Squadron / Mothergun | NA | |
| Skybooster Squadron / Orbital Bombardment | NA | |
| “John Smyth” / Brain Stem Antenna | NA | |
| The Sting / Destroy Them All! | NA | |
| Sample Collection / Witch of the Eye | NA | |
| Plague Rat / Mars Needs Aember | NA |
LOGOS
BLUE nonesense in keyforge! SCIENCE! Card draw! Archive stuff! Robots and Cyborgs and Big Robots, oh my!
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Wormhole Technician / EDAI “Edie” 4x4 | NA | |
| Strange Gizmo / Truebaru | NA | |
| Neutron Shark / Harbinger of Doom | NA | |
| Final Analysis / Ruins of Archonis | NA | |
| Master the Theory / Nightforge | NA | |
| Binate Rupture / Interdimensional Graft | Also known as BRIG. | |
| Auto-Encoder / Punctuated Equilibrium | NA | |
| Library Card / Dark Æmber Vault | NA | |
| EDAI “Edie” 4x4 / Interdimensional Graft | NA | |
| Rocket Boots / Tezmal | Lock-out scenario. | |
| Library Access / Reverse Time | NA | |
| Twin Bolt Emission / Anomaly Exploiter | NA | |
| Multiple Chronus | NA | |
| Bouncing Deathquark / Truebaru | NA | |
| Library Access / Phase Shift | NA | |
| Biomatrix backup / Harland Mindlock | NA | |
| Library Access / Phase Shift / Arise! | NA | |
| Bouncing Deathquark / Archimedes | Also refered to as "Shark-Archimedes" | |
| Tide Warp / EDAI “Edie” 4x4 | NA | |
| Neutron Shark / Self-Bolstering Automata | NA | |
| Neutron Shark / Reassembling Automaton | NA | |
| Effervescent Principle / Dextre | NA | |
| Replicator / Professor Sutterkin | NA | |
| Reassembling Automaton / Discombobulator | NA | |
| Reassembling Automaton / Quadracorder | NA | |
| Timequake (Anomaly) / Data Forge | NA | |
| x2 Seismo-entangler | NA | |
| Ultra Gravitron / Causal Loop | NA | |
| Mimic Gel / Reassembling Automaton | NA | |
| Greater Oxtet / Mimic Gel | NA | |
| Daughter / Mimic Gel | NA | |
| Self-Bolstering Automata / Discombobulator | NA | |
| Library Access / Dextre | NA | |
| Self-Bolstering Automata / Mimic Gel | NA | |
| Self-Bolstering Automata / Mimic Gel / Discombobulator | NA | |
| The Archivist / Sloppy Labwork | NA | |
| Veylan Analyst / Pocket Universe | NA | |
| Even Ivan / Odd Clawde | NA | |
| Auto-Encoder / Auto-Vac 5150 | NA | |
| Auto-Encoder / Xeno-Bot | NA | |
| Auto Encoder / Quixxle Stone | NA | |
| Psychic Bug / Control The Weak | NA | |
| x2 Chronophage | NA | |
| x3 Eyegor | NA | |
| Spangler Box / Remote Access | NA | |
| Reassembling Automaton / Soulkeeper | NA | |
| Time Traveler / Exhume | NA | |
| Binate Rupture / Cutthroat Research | NA | |
| Backup Copy / Harland Mindlock | NA | |
| Help from Future Self / Z.Y.X. Researcher | NA | |
| Speed Sigil / Rocket Boots | NA | |
| Speed Sigil / Rocket Boots | Eyegor / Z.Y.X. Researcher |
UNTAMED
Known for rushing and controlling the game with witches.
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Keyfrog / Savage Clash | NA | |
| Song of the Wild / Ghosthawk | NA | |
| Nature's Call / Dust Pixie | Classic CotA rush. | |
| Duskwitch / Snudge | NA | |
| x2 Fangtooth Cavern | a very oppressive and interesting duplicate to have. Not unlike double grump buggy. | |
| Witch of the Eye / Dominator Bauble / Control the Weak | Lockout. | |
| Witch of the Eye / Novu Archaeologist / Control the Weak | Lockout. | |
| Lupo the Scarred / Mighty Tiger | Two friends. | |
| Quixxle Stone / Punctuated Equilibrium | NA | |
| They're Everywhere! / Save the Pack | NA | |
| Cooperative Hunting / Save the Pack | NA | |
| Regrowth / Chota Hazri | NA | |
| Heart of the Forest / Grasping Vines / Chota Hazri | NA | |
| Lupo the Scarred / Save the Pack | NA | |
| Heart of the Forest / Key Charge | NA | |
| Heart of the Forest / Grasping Vines / Key Charge | NA | |
| Witch of the Eye / Brain Stem Antenna / Squawker | NA | |
| Nature’s Call / Lifeweb | NA | |
| Primal Relic / Blossom Drake | NA | |
| Savage Clash / Rad Penny | NA | |
| Way of the Bear / Snufflegator | NA | |
| Chelonia / Keyfrog | 2 friends | |
| Fandangle / Snudge | NA | |
| Wild Bounty / Fertility Chant | NA | |
| Nature's Call / Flaxia | NA | |
| Savage Clash / Resurgence / Pismire | NA | |
| Lost in the Woods / Dust Pixie | NA | |
| x3-4 Harmonia | NA | |
| Fangtooth Cavern / qmechs | NA | |
| Dark Harbinger / Mutation of Instinct | NA | |
| Dark Harbinger / Mutation of Cunning | NA | |
| Dark Harbinger / Vault's Blessing | NA | |
| Wild Spirit / Dark Harbinger | NA | |
| Regrowth / Flaxia | NA | |
| Savage Clash / Q-Mechs | NA | |
| Plague Rat / Dharna | NA | |
| Deepwater Gruen / Beach day | NA | |
| Fangtooth Cavern / Rad Penny | NA | |
| Regrowth / Mab the Mad | NA | |
| Fangtooth Cavern / Relentless Creeper | NA |
DIS
The faction of demons. Many dis combos are based around control (e.g. Control the weak, mindflair) or Recursion (e.g. arise!, Essence Scale).
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Gateway to Dis / Arise! | NA | |
| Dust Imp / Gateway to Dis | NA | |
| Pitlord / Wretched Doll | NA | |
| Drumble / Snudge | NA | |
| Soul Snatcher / Bad Penny | NA | |
| Control the Weak / A Fair Game | NA | |
| Hysteria / A Fair Game | NA | |
| Ortannu's Binding / Angwish | NA | |
| Hysteria / Buzzle | NA | |
| Hecatomb / Arise! | NA | |
| Punctuated Equilibrium / Restringuntus | NA | |
| x3 Mind Fire | NA | |
| Hysteria / Lesser Oxtet | NA | |
| Drumble / Shadow Self | NA | |
| Collar of Subordination / Harvest Time | NA | |
| Essence Scale / Mulitple Q Mechs | NA | |
| Control the Weak / Deipno Spymaster / Witch of the Eye | NA | |
| Pitlord / Hecatomb | NA | |
| Etan’s Jar / Dark Æmber Vault | NA | |
| Control the Weak / Screaming Cave | NA | |
| Infurnace / Screaming Cave | NA | |
| Screaming Cave / Hysteria | NA | |
| Lord Invidius / Bombyx | NA | |
| Duskwitch / Tezmal | NA | |
| Infurnace / Universal Recycle Bin | NA | |
| Truebaru / Gateway to Dis | NA | |
| Infurnace / Snudge | NA | |
| Lord Invidius / Essence Scale | NA | |
| x2 Tezmal | Lock-out scenario. | |
| Collar of Subordination / Buzzle | NA | |
| Punctuated Equilibrium / E on the fringes | NA | |
| Exhume / Resteringuntus | NA | |
| Exhume / Ronnie Wristclocks | NA | |
| Mind barb / Screaming Cave | NA | |
| Arise! / Resteringuntus | NA | |
| Arise! / x10 Creatures | NA | |
| Arise! / multiple ember imp | NA | |
| Hectatomb / Multiple Dust Imp | NA | |
| Gleeful Mayhem / Harbringer of Doom | NA | |
| Screaming Cave / x2 Control the Weak | NA | |
| Drumble / Arise! | NA | |
| Drumble / The Terror | NA | |
| Hysteria / Fair Game | NA | |
| Obsidian Forge / Soul Snatcher | NA | |
| Restriguntus / Shadow Self | NA | |
| Pandemonium / Guilty Hearts | NA | |
| Ember Imp / Flame Wreathed | NA | |
| Dust Imp / Old Yurk | NA | |
| Lord Invidius / Essence Scale | NA | |
| Pitlord / Wretched Doll | NA | |
| x2 Essence Scale | NA | |
| Infurnace / Sci officer Morpheus | NA | |
| Infurnace / Hysteria | NA | |
| Treuburu / Sinder | NA | |
| Drumble / Hecatomb | NA | |
| Mind Fire / Screaming Cave | NA | |
| Grime Reminder / Com. Officer Kirby | NA | |
| Essence Scale / Snarette | NA | |
| Sins / Grim Reminder | NA | |
| Old Yurk / Exhume | NA | |
| Plague Rat / Misery Exploit | NA | |
| Buzzle / Shattered Throne | NA |
SANCTUM COMBOS
The Glorious Few!
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Potion of Invulnerability / The Grey Rider | NA | |
| x2 The Grey Rider | + empty board for rule-of-six | |
| The Glorious Few / Nepenthe Seed | NA | |
| Scrivener Favian / Amphora Captura | NA | |
| Barrister Joya / Round Table | NA | |
| The Vaultkeeper / Round Table | NA | |
| Annihilation Ritual / Screaming Cave | NA | |
| Horsemen of the Apocalypse x2 (8 Horsemen) | NA | |
| Taxing Journey / T3R-35A | NA | |
| Aubade the Grim / Armageddon Cloak | NA | |
| Untamed Abassador/ Keycharge | NA | |
| Baldric the Bold/ One Stood Against Many | NA | |
| Orb of Wonder / Epic Quest | NA | |
| SGS Illuminator / Call of the Void | NA | |
| Cleansing Wave / Splinter | NA | |
| “Lion” Bautrem / Grump Buggy | NA | |
| Gorm of Omm / Strange Gizmo | NA | |
| Plague Rat / Cleansing Wave | NA | |
| Gorm of Omm / The Sting | NA | |
| Sir Bevor / Bull-Wark | NA | |
| Lieutenant Gorvenal / Gizelhart’s Zealot | NA | |
| Urien the Circumspect / Lærie of the Lake | NA |
SAURIAN
Dino-Battle!
Open the door. Get on the floor. Everybody do the dinosaur.
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Tribute / Exile | NA | |
| Library of Polliasaurus / The Golden Spiral | NA | |
| Primus Unguiss / Spoils of Battle | NA | |
| Tribute / Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus | NA | |
| Cincinnatus Rex / The Golden Spiral | NA | |
| Cincinnatus Rex / Legatus Raptor | NA | |
| Livia the Elder / Legatus Raptor | NA | |
| Livia the Elder / Cincinnatus Rex | NA | |
| Kompsos Haruspex / Infurnace | NA | |
| Kompsos Haruspex / Ronnie Wristclocks | NA | |
| Curia Saurus / Amphora Captura | NA | |
| City-State Interest / Ancient Power | NA | |
| x2 The Golden Spiral | NA | |
| Imperial Forge / Master the Theory | e.g. https://www.keyforgegame.com/deck-details/01c2ecdd-a800-460a-878f-5a5e89ae79d6 | |
| Decadence / Ol’ Paddy | NA |
SHADOWS COMBOS
Steal. Steal. Steal. Steal.
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Bad Penny / Seeker Needle | NA | |
| Masterplan / Key Charge | NA | |
| Imprinted Murmook / Key Charge | NA | |
| Rad Penny / Seeker Needle | NA | |
| Safe House / Bo Nithing | NA | |
| Sinestra / Key Charge | NA | |
| The Sting / Key Charge | NA | |
| The Sting / Chota Hazri | NA | |
| The Sting / Snudge | NA | |
| Mole / Widespread Corruption | NA | |
| The Sting / Vezyma Thinkdrone | NA | |
| Speed Sigil / Bulleteye | NA | |
| Lights Out / Lifeweb | NA | |
| The Quiet Anvil / Imprinted Murmook | NA | |
| Seeker Needle / Finishing Blow | NA | |
| The Sting / Barehanded | NA | |
| Miasma / Too Much to Protect | NA | |
| Too Much to Protect / Ronnie Wristclocks | NA | |
| The Sting / Whispering Reliquary | NA | |
| Spike Trap / Brend the Fanatic | NA | |
| x2 Snudge/Ember Imp | Lockout combo. | |
| Brend the Fanatic / Life for a Life | NA | |
| Multiple Relentless Whispers | NA | |
| hornswaggle / Trojan Sauropod | NA | |
| Oubliette / Bad Penny | NA | |
| Poison Wave / Finishing Blow | NA | |
| Ronnie Wristclocks / World Tree | NA | |
| Rad Penny Enhanced with x2 damage pips | NA | |
| Too Much to Protect / Urchin | NA | |
| Too Much to Protect / Nerve Blast | NA | |
| Oubliette / Bad Penny | NA | |
| Hidden Stash / TMTP | NA | |
| Pincerator / Brabble | NA | |
| Pincerator / Rad Penny | NA | |
| Vandalize / Fidget | NA | |
| Vandalize / Dark Discovery | NA | |
| Masterplan / Arise! | NA |
BROBNAR COMBOS
GIANT SMASH GOOD. Brobnar Drumming increases.
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Drummernaut / Ganger Chieftain | Gangernaut | |
| Loot the Bodies / Coward's End | NA | |
| Into the Fray / Potion of Invulnerability | NA | |
| Mega Narp / The Flex | NA | |
| Grump Buggy / Blood of the Titans | NA | |
| Drummernaut / Cybergiant Rig | NA | |
| Mega Narp / Narp's Brew / Light of the Archons | NA | |
| Old Boomy / Replicator | NA | |
| Sound the Horns / Soldiers to Flowers | NA | |
| Pile of Skulls / Senator Bracchus | NA | |
| The Big One / Ancient Power | NA | |
| Pile of Skulls / Senator Bracchus / Axiom of Grisk | NA | |
| Lollop the Titanic / The Flex | NA | |
| Wardrummer / Phoenix Heart | NA | |
| Relentless Assault / Collector Worm | NA |
STAR ALLIANCE COMBOS
Beam Me Up Scotty!
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| Transporter Platform / Z-Force Agent | NA | |
| General Order 24 / Self-Bolstering Automata | NA | |
| General Order 24 / Reassembling Automaton | NA | |
| Helmsman Spears / Stealth Mode | NA | |
| Com. Officer Kirby / Punctuated Equilibrium | NA | |
| The Ulfberht Device / Allusions of Grandeur | NA | |
| Unity or Discord / Rocketeer Tryska | NA | |
| General Order 24 / Multiple Qmechs | NA | |
| x2 Unity or Discord / Crash Muldoon | NA | |
| Medic Ingram / Strange Gizmo | NA | |
| Quixxle Stone / Lethologica | NA | |
| Book of leQ / Gambling Den | NA | |
| Red Alert / Hold the Line | NA | |
| Transporter Platform / Armory Officer Nel | NA | |
| We Can ALL Win / Interdimensional Graft | NA | |
| Transporter Platform / Blast Shielding | NA | |
| Transporter Platform / Sensor Chief Garcia | NA | |
| Unity or Discord / Ol’ Paddy | NA | |
| Make It So / Lay of the Land | NA | |
| Lieutenant Khrkhar / Cloaking Dongle | NA |
UNFATHOMABLE
Everything is better where it is wetter under the sea.
| Name | NOTES | OWN? |
|---|---|---|
| x3 Brain Drain | NA | |
| Sink or Swim / Call of the Void | NA | |
| Frigorific Rod / Call of the Void | NA | |
| Giltspine Netcaster / Call of the Void | NA | |
| Capture Enhancements / Horrid Synan | NA | |
| x2 Call of the Void | NA | |
| x2 Valoocanth | NA | |
| Effigy of Melerukh / Waste Not | NA | |
| Thundertow / Keyfrog | NA |