Mix-and-match

Mix-and-match cards are cards that have two or more different named mechanics on them. 
==Description==
Normally when R&D talks about mix-and-match, they don't focus on cards with multiple evergreen keywords, as that's just something every set does. The more interesting mix-and-match cards are ones where neither mechanic is evergreen. These are hard to do because it requires having two mechanics in the same set that can work together on the same card. Of those in regular sets, cycling tends to have the most mechanical overlap, as, being a deciduous smoothing mechanic, it has returned more often than other mechanics.
The first such printed mix-and-match cards appeared in Future Sight. They also appeared in Modern Horizons and Modern Horizons 2, and one or two others in sets with cycling. Going forward, mix-and-match will be a Modern Masters thing with rare exceptions. However, with the uptake of Commander set expansions, mix-and-match cards appear more often than previously suggested.
==List of Mix-and-match cards==
Card 	Set 	Mechanic 1 	Mechanic 2 	Purpose
<c>Arcbound Slasher</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Modular 	Riot 	The +1/+1 counter ability from modular can be extended further with riot.
 	Outlaws of Thunder Junction 	Flashback 	Saddle 	The creature's combat damage trigger will always give an instant or sorcery flashback, but saddling it provides additional upside.
<c>Ardent Plea</c> 	Alara Reborn 	Cascade 	Exalted 	The cheapest cascade permanent, with exalted an elegant bonus on the board.
<c>Bannerhide Krushok</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Reinforce 	Scavenge 	Reinforce as an efficient way to put the Krushok in the graveyard for scavenge, a surprise way to add six power to the board.
, , 	Phyrexia: All Will Be One 	Proliferate 	Toxic 	These creatures can add poison counters to players, then proliferate them.
<c>Bloodbraid Challenger</c> 	Modern Horizons 3 	Cascade 	Escape 	Escape counts as casting, granting another Cascade trigger.
<c>Bloodbraid Marauder</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Cascade 	Delirium 	A cheap cascade at the cost of needing to have delirium first.
<c>Bogardan Lancer</c> 	Future Sight 	Bloodthirst 	Flanking 	Bloodthirst making itself stronger and flanking to make opposing creatures weaker.
 	March of the Machine Commander 	Incubate 	Proliferate 	Incubate stacks counters on dormant artifact tokens, which can then be pumped up with proliferate.
 	Murders at Karlov Manor Commander 	Surveil 	Suspend 	Part of an ongoing mega cycle of Commander suspend spells, its surveil ability synergizes with the deck's default commander.
 	Forgotten Realms Commander 	Dice rolling 	Monstrosity 	The dice's result determines how powerful the monstrosity is.
<c>Clever Concealment</c> 	Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander 	Convoke 	Phasing 	The spell protects any number of target permanents by phasing them out, and convoke lets a player cast it despite being otherwise tapped out.
, , 	Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander 	Corrupted 	Toxic 	These creatures have toxic to put poison counters on opponents, and corrupted triggers to benefit from doing so.
<c>Core Prowler</c>, 	Mirrodin Besieged 	Proliferate 	Infect 	Proliferate the counters placed on players and creatures by infect.
<c>Cutthroat il-Dal</c> 	Future Sight 	Hellbent 	Shadow 	Hellbent allows controller to toggle evasion and blocking of shadow creatures.
 	March of the Machine Commander 	Backup 	Dash 	Dash returns the creature to hand at end of turn, allowing its controller to repeat its powerful backup trigger as it enters again.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Bestow 	Collect evidence 	Every time a creature it's bestowing dies, it makes it easier to collect the required evidence.
 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander 	Evolve 	Discover 	The creature's second ability discovers equal to its power, which increases as it evolves.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Proliferate 	Vanishing 	The creature's proliferate ability keeps it from vanishing.
<c>Ethersworn Sphinx</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Affinity 	Cascade 	Affinity to cheapen the costly creature for a strong cascade effect.
 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Collect evidence 	Investigate 	A draft signpost that provides a flavorful payoff for collecting evidence.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Ferocious 	Eternalize 	Eternalize instantly fulfills the requirements for ferocious.
<c>Feaster of Fools</c> 	Modern Horizons 	Convoke 	Devour 	Devouring the creatures used to convoke it.
 	Bloomburrow 	Offspring 	Valiant 	Valiant only triggers once each turn, but the ability can be triggered twice thanks to the copy created by offspring.
 	Murders at Karlov Manor Commander 	Gravestorm 	Investigate 	Sacrificing Clues increases the gravestorm count, which in turn provides more Clues.
<c>Frogmyr Enforcer</c> 	Modern Horizons 3 	Affinity 	Prototype 	If the player has doesn't have enough artifacts, a cheaper but colored version is available.
<c>Funnel-Web Recluse</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Investigate 	Morbid 	The morbid ability that causes investigate gives a reason to play a creature with reach as big as Mammoth Spider at the same cost. Flavor-wise, Funnel-Web Recluse invokes a murder investigation.
<c>Gathan Raiders</c> 	Future Sight 	Hellbent 	Morph 	Discarding a card for the Morph cost helps achieve hellbent, making it like a combat trick.
<c>Gibbering Descent</c> 	Future Sight 	Hellbent 	Madness 	With the upkeep trigger causing discards, the madness cost lets other copies be discounted, while the hellbent lets the player stack triggers on opponents.
<c>Glistening Sphere</c>, 	Phyrexia: All Will Be One 	Proliferate 	Corrupted 	Proliferate brings poisoned opponents closer to being corrupted.
, 	Judgment 	Flashback 	Threshold 	The cards have additional threshold effects, and flashback allows their controller to get those effects after casting the spell once.
<c>Haze of Rage</c> 	Future Sight 	Buyback 	Storm 	Up the storm count with buyback.
<c>Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis</c>	Modern Horizons 	Convoke 	Delve 	Alternate ways to cast a creature that can't be cast normally.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Adapt 	Exert 	The creature's exert ability becomes more effective if its adapt ability has already been activated.
<c>Ichor Slick</c> 	Future Sight 	Cycling 	Madness 	Madness to cast the card while cycling, acting like a kicker cost.
, 	Doctor Who 	Foretell 	Paradox 	Foretell casts from exile, increasing the count of cards cast from outside your hand for the paradox ability.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Afterlife 	Bestow 	The general risk of a blowout that bestow creates is somewhat mitigated by afterlife providing value on death.
 	Murders at Karlov Manor Commander 	Investigate 	Parley 	The built-in card advantage provided by Clues softens the blow of giving opponents free card draw from parley.
 	Doctor Who 	Cascade 	Rebound 	Rebound provides an extra cascade trigger.
 	Doctor Who 	Battle cry 	Paradox 	The paradox trigger creates tokens to be pumped up with battle cry.
<c>Kavu Primarch</c> 	Future Sight 	Convoke 	Kicker 	Convoke to pay kicker.
<c>Kaleidoscorch</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Converge 	Flashback 	Flashback's higher cost enables higher converge numbers.
 	Commander Masters 	Afflict 	Amass 	Two keywords associated with the Eternals on a Sliver that is apparently a member of Bolas' undead army.
 	New Capenna Commander 	Connive 	Convoke 	Each creature that convoked the spell connives for more filtering.
 	Ravnica: Clue Edition 	Evolve 	Investigate 	When the creature evolves, it investigates, and when Clues are sacrificed, it produces even more +1/+1 counters.
 	Doctor Who 	Basic landcycling	Escape 	Escape can bring the creature back after it's pitched to the graveyard with basic landcycling.
 	Future Sight 	Morph 	Vanishing 	A powerful threat that can be put in for cheap with morph, but gains vanishing as a downside.
 	March of the Machine: The Aftermath 	Convoke 	Madness 	Mechanically, Vampires generally care about going wide and discarding cards, and this Vampire lord rewards both.
<c>Marshaling Cry</c> 	Future Sight 	Cycling 	Flashback 	Flashback the card after cycling it, for when the spell is not yet strong enough.
 	Murders at Karlov Manor Commander 	Investigate 	Exalted 	The Clues generated by the card retain their normal utility, but add some power on attacks with exalted if they aren't sacrificed.
<c>Mistway Spy</c> 	Murders at Karlov Manor 	Disguise 	Investigate 	Uses disguise to sneak in a saboteur effect; uses investigate as a more balanced payoff than simply drawing.
<c>Molten Disaster</c> 	Future Sight 	Kicker 	Split second 	Split second as a kicker bonus against sacrifice or protection effects.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Morbid 	Populate 	Populate creates more bodies, which trigger morbid when they die.
 	Modern Horizons 3 	Bestow 	Mentor 	If the creature is cast as an Aura on a high-power creature, the number of mentor targets increases.
<c>Obstinate Gargoyle</c> 	Modern Horizons 3 	Persist 	Modified 	Persist's -1/-1 counter satisfies Modified, which combined makes it a form of afterlife (creating a 1/1 flier when it dies).
<c>Oketra's Attendant</c> 	Amonkhet 	Cycling 	Embalm 	Embalm to bring the creature to the battlefield after cycling it.
 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander 	Convoke 	Exalted 	The more creatures you control, the less the card costs, and the more powerful its exalted bonus will be.
 	Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander	Manifest 	Ninjutsu 	Ninjutsu allows the creature to sneak past blockers, giving additional triggers for its powerful manifest ability.
 	New Capenna Commander 	Dethrone 	Proliferate 	Dethrone puts counters on itself when it attacks the player with the most life, and those counters are increased with proliferate.
<c>Ravaging Riftwurm</c> 	Future Sight 	Kicker 	Vanishing 	Kicker is to add counters for vanishing.
 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander 	Proliferate 	Phasing 	Only permanents that could be proliferated can be protected by the phasing effect.
 	Modern Horizons 2 	Affinity 	Artifact landcycling 	Cycles to find artifacts, which discounts further copies through Affinity.
<c>Spirit en-Dal</c> 	Future Sight 	Forecast 	Shadow 	Forecast to give shadow as evasion or falter effect.
<c>Sprout Swarm</c> 	Future Sight 	Buyback 	Convoke 	Functionally a creature that helps to convoke and pay buyback.
 	Ravnica: Clue Edition 	Extort 	Investigate 	Extort gains life to trigger the investigate ability.
 	Forgotten Realms Commander 	Investigate 	Venture into the dungeon	Sacrifice Clues to venture further into the dungeon.
<c>Throes of Chaos</c> 	Modern Horizons 	Cascade 	Retrace 	Retrace to cascade repeatedly.
<c>Timeless Dragon</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Eternalize 	Plainscycling 	After plainscycling for a Plains, one can Eternalize Timeless Dragon from the graveyard.
<c>Unbounded Potential</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Entwine 	Proliferate 	The entwine ability amplifies the counter-placing first ability with proliferate, the second ability.
<c>Urban Daggertooth</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Enrage 	Proliferate 	The enrage ability that causes proliferate adds the risk of removing Urban Daggertooth via damage alone that doesn't kill it in one shot.
<c>Viscera Dragger</c> 	Shards of Alara 	Cycling 	Unearth 	Unearth the creature after cycling it.
 	Doctor Who 	Morbid 	Shadow 	With every morbid trigger, the creature grows, increasing the impact of its unblockable damage with shadow.
 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan 	Craft 	Descend 	Both craft and descend 8 are payoffs for filling the graveyard with the artifact's activated ability.
<c>Wavesifter</c> 	Modern Horizons 2 	Evoke 	Investigate 	Wavesifter's evoke ability gives the option for the player who just wants the double clue tokens via its Investigate ability that activates twice upon entry.
 	The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander 	Populate 	Proliferate 	When the card proliferates, it creates more counters to fuel its populate ability, and when it populates, it creates creatures to fuel its proliferate ability.
 	Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks 	Miracle 	Squad 	Miracle discounts the creature, leaving additional mana to pay the squad cost.
==References==
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