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 and as a deciduous smoothing mechanic.

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.

List of Mix-and-match cards

Card	Set	Mechanic 1	Mechanic 2	Purpose
Arcbound Slasher	Modern Horizons 2	Modular	Riot	The +1/+1 counter ability from modular can be extended further with riot.
Ardent Plea	Alara Reborn	Cascade	Exalted	The cheapest cascade permanent, with exalted an elegant bonus on the board.
Bannerhide Krushok	Modern Horizons 2	Reinforce	Scavenge	Reinforce then scavenge to increase the amount of +1/+1 counters given.
Blightbelly Rat, Bloated Contaminator, Tainted Observer	Phyrexia: All Will Be One	Toxic	Proliferate	These creatures can add poison counters to players, then proliferate them.
Bloodbraid Marauder	Modern Horizons 2	Cascade	Delirium	A cheap cascade at the cost of needing to have delirium first.
Bogardan Lancer	Future Sight	Bloodthirst	Flanking	Bloodthirst making the own creature stronger and flanking to make opposing creatures weaker.
Clay Golem	Forgotten Realms Commander	Dice rolling	Monstrosity	The dice's result determines how powerful the monstrosity is.
Core Prowler, Viral Drake	Mirrodin Besieged	Proliferate	Infect	Proliferate the counters placed on players and creatures by infect.
Contaminant Grafter, Glissa's Retriever, Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa	Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander	Toxic	Corrupted	These creatures have toxic to put poison counters on opponents, and corrupted triggers to benefit from doing so.
Cutthroat il-Dal	Future Sight	Hellbent	Shadow	Hellbent allows controller to toggle evasion and blocking of shadow creatures.
Dragon's Rage Channeler	Modern Horizons 2	Delirium	Surveil	By using Dragon's Rage Channeler's surveil ability, the controller can achieve delirium faster.
Eloise, Nephalia Sleuth	Midnight Hunt Commander	Investigate	Surveil	Surveil upon sacrificing a Clue, allowing for greater card selection when sacrificing them.
Ethersworn Sphinx	Modern Horizons 2	Affinity	Cascade	Affinity to cheapen the costly creature for a strong cascade effect.
Feaster of Fools	Modern Horizons	Convoke	Devour	Devouring the creatures used to convoke it.
Foul Watcher	Modern Horizons 2	Delirium	Surveil	By using Foul Watcher's surveil ability, the controller can achieve delirium faster.
Funnel-Web Recluse	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.
Gathan Raiders	Future Sight	Hellbent	Morph	Morph cost is "discard a card" to reach hellbent - makes it a combat trick.
Gibbering Descent	Future Sight	Hellbent	Madness	Gives a discard outlet to cast other cards with madness, while hellbent gives a bonus.
Haze of Rage	Future Sight	Storm	Buyback	Up the storm count with buyback.
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis	Modern Horizons	Convoke	Delve	Alternate ways to cast a creature that can't be cast normally.
Ichor Slick	Future Sight	Cycling	Madness	Madness to cast the card while cycling.
Kavu Primarch	Future Sight	Kicker	Convoke	Convoke to pay kicker.
Kaleidoscorch	Modern Horizons 2	Converge	Flashback	Flashback's higher cost opens up for higher converge numbers.
Knight of Sursi	Future Sight	Flying	Flanking	An extra hurdle for creatures who can block creatures with flying.
Lethal Scheme	New Capenna Commander	Convoke	Connive	Each creature that convoked the spell connives for more filtering.
Maelstrom Djinn	Future Sight	Morph	Vanishing	A powerful threat that can be put in for cheap with morph, but gains vanishing as a downside.
Marshaling Cry	Future Sight	Cycling	Flashback	Flashback the card after cycling it.
Molten Disaster	Future Sight	Kicker	Split second	Split Second as a kicker bonus against sacrifice or protection effects.
Mystic Speculation	Future Sight	Scry	Buyback	Buyback to turn a card-negative spell - only scrying - into a mana sink.
Oketra's Attendant	Amonkhet	Cycling	Embalm	Embalm to bring the creature to the battlefield after cycling it.
Park Heights Maverick	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.
Ravaging Riftwurm	Future Sight	Kicker	Vanishing	Kicker is to add counters for vanishing.
Sojourner's Companion	Modern Horizons 2	Affinity	Artifact landcycling	Cycles to find artifacts, which discounts further copies through Affinity.
Spirit en-Dal	Future Sight	Shadow	Forecast	Forecast to give shadow as evasion or panic effect.
Sprout Swarm	Future Sight	Buyback	Convoke	Functionally a creature that helps to convoke and pay buyback.
Thorough Investigation	Forgotten Realms Commander	Investigate	Venture into the dungeon	Sacrifice Clues to venture further into the dungeon.
Throes of Chaos	Modern Horizons	Cascade	Retrace	Retrace to cascade repeatedly.
Timeless Dragon	Modern Horizons 2	Plainscycling	Eternalize	After plainscycling for a Plains, Eternalize Timeless Dragon from the graveyard.
Tizerus Charger	Modern Horizons 2	Escape	Keyword counter	By casting with escape, Tizerus Charger can either be bigger or gain flying instead through the use of a keyword counter, which both grants flying and acts as reminder for that.
Unbounded Potential	Modern Horizons 2	Entwine	Proliferate	The entwine ability amplifies the first ability with proliferate, the second ability.
Urban Daggertooth	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.
Viscera Dragger	Shards of Alara	Cycling	Unearth	Unearth the creature after cycling it.
Wavesifter	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.
Zephyrim	Warhammer 40,000 Commander Decks	Squad	Miracle	Miracle discounts the creature, leaving additional mana to pay the squad cost.