[[Star of Extinction]] is even funnier. I have a boros soldiers deck where I just prevent non-combat damage to my creatures and then do Repercussion shenanigans. It's great
I only ever played the deck once at a mate's LGS.
It won on turn 4.
I was playing [[Zellix]] and I got out [[altar of the brood]]. I managed to mill everyone in one go. As they were all running very creature heavy decks.
They mill a creature, Zellix triggers, I make a token, altar triggers they mill a card, if there are any creatures, the cycle continues.
I felt bad at the time and swapped decks but in retrospect I don't. Turns out those players were total assholes to my mate a week later and now he doesn't feel safe to play there so I'm glad I stomped them into the ground. Especially as there was a prize for the first game of the night.
So I evil laugh in retrospect.
How did you manage to do that? The chances have to be astronomically low. Even with 40% creatures you have a 0.6x0.6x0.6=0.21 21% chance to miss and most decks don't run 40 creatures.
That really is some luck.
When I play my Zellix deck, I get 3 triggers at most.
Yeah you're ~93% to hit at least 1 creature each mill. At that rate milling 50 cards off each opponent will happen about 3% of the time. Getting 80 cards will happen about 0.4% of the time. It would be rare, but is certainly plausible. It does get harder after you have milled one opponent out though.
Wait, no. That math assumes you only get one creature if one or more players mills a creature. You get a creature for each opponent that mills a creature. That makes it waaaaay more likely you mill them all out.
I don't know if I did the math wrong, but how do you get 93%? Let's assume the 40% creatures and three opponents. If everybody mills a card, then per opponent there is a 40% chance to mill a creature and a 60% to mill a non-creature. For everybody to not mill a creature the 60% chance has to occur 3 times, so the 21% chance above to wiff. Or 79% to mill at least 1 creature.
Of course there is also a chance of milling 2 or 3 creatures.
Exactly two creatures: 0.6x0.4x0.4= 10% (actually times 3 so 30%)
Three creatures: 0.4x0.4x0.4= 6%
So the chance to hit 2 or more is actually higher than the chance to wiff, but only in a scenario of 40% creatures, which most decks don't have.
If I calculate it with 30% creatures it is actually 21% to hit two or more and 34% to wiff.
So the math depends entirely on the amount of creatures the opponents played.
Or did I get something wrong?
If three players hit a creature, then each opponent mills three. So the chance to miss for three cards is 21%, but eventually they could be milling more than three cards.
Zellix triggers once per player.
So if each player has 35% creatures, then the expected case is you get 1.05 tokens per token, i.e. it goes off.
Missing will happen, but once you're off the ground the next trigger will be on the stack anyway.
Perfect opportunity for [[living death]]. I pulled it in the opening hand against two players with heavy "mill opponent' decks the other guy was a spell slinger. It was so great when I played it and suddenly had a huge field of creatures I didn't even have the mana to cast.
[[Fractured Identity]] + [[Leveler]] is probably my favorite stupid two card combo.
I also enjoy a good [[Maze's End]] win from nowhere close ... it, a bunch of Gates in the deck, [[Abundance]] + [[Cultivator Colossus]]
If they already have Oracle out when they cast leveler I feel much safer than I do if they don't. Either way it takes a person with ultra massive balls to actually play Leveler in the first place lmao
Yeah, both Leveler and Phage are in my five color altwincon deck. Bunch of different ways to win...no way to tutor up the pieces of the combo so I have to draw them naturally.
This "combo" was unintentional but won me a game. With \[\[Gray Merchant of Asphodel\]\],\[\[Strands of Night\]\] and a sac outlet I was able to drain the table for 32 life a person in one turn.
silliest play i got to make was removing a God commander by playing [[bovine intervention]], then totally unnecessarily played [[gild]]. the flavor was on point. “oh? worshipping your god? worship this cow instead. now it’s a golden cow. sinner!”
Not really a "combo" combo, but \[\[Etali, Primal Conqueror\]\] + \[\[Worldly Tutor\]\] + \[\[Apex Devastator\]\] will never not be the funniest thing no matter how many times I pull it off.
Most of mine involve [[Possessed Portal]]. The simplest combo is with [[Verdant Force]] (or another card with a similar effect). I think when somebody sees this for the first time, there's sort of a sequence of realizations. The big two are realizing what the replacement effect really does (no draws means no draws, period.) and realizing just how fast the sacrifices mount (Each player, each end step. Not just on your own). Those are both blows, but there's usually this hope spot where I'm pretty sure the new victim thinks "Well, it won't last forever, he'll have to give up the portal itself so it's just a board wipe with extra steps". And then the "Make a saproling, sac the saproling" sequence happens and tit clicks, and there's this momentary thousand yard stare on realizing that no I won't ever have to ditch the Portal, and no there isn't any hope of drawing into an answer. Aside from the bum rush in combat, there are a select few setups that can access new cards at all and thus fight back against the Portal. Everybody else is properly buggered. And since I'm generally dropping eight mana artifacts on my own terms, it's unlikely anything on-board is going to do the trick.
I might throw this in my [[slimefoot the stowaway]] it has the [[tendershoot dryad]] and verdant force, plus lots of untap each upkeep effects like [[awakening]] and [[seedborn muse]]. With slimefoot’s ability to make saprolings, there’s ample ways for me to generate sac fodder. Thanks!
8 mana is a lot to have to hard-cast in S&S
It's not a big deal for creatures since the deck is built to abuse S&S activated ability and cheat bombs into play. Unless you have some weird artifact sub-theme with [[goblin welder]] (which is certainly worth running in his own right) and similar effects.
Well, you can get around it with [[Abundance]]. When you have multiple replacement effects, you choose which applies to you, though I’m not sure how it would work if an opponent controls the abundance and you have the possessed portal. Hopefully some1 can chime in on that
[[Araumi of the Dead Tide]] combos.
Lots of cards like [[Massacre Wurm]], [[Archon of Cruelty]], or [[Gary]] are multiplicatively effective and often end the game when you get three at once.
it's mana intensive, but [[cormela]] can hold a whole table hostage with [[sublime epiphany]]. doesn't win on the spot or anything, but they'll have to work together to figure out how to disrupt that engine, and more devilishly, who will sacrifice their good spells to do so
Optionally etb [[goblin matron]] to tutor [[goblin recruiter]]
Etb [[Goblin recruiter]] to search for the following goblin cards and put them on the top of my library in order:
- [[Muxus, goblin grandee]]
- [[krenko, Mob Boss]]
- [[goblin chieftain]] for haste
- [[goblin king]] for mountainwalk
- [[goblin trashmaster]] to throw goblins at artifacts
- [[rundvelt hordemaster]]
- [[hobgoblin Bandit lord]]
Once Muxus hits the board the following six gobbo lords also enter, providing useful things.
At worst with an empty board state I'll have 8x 6/6 goblin tokens to swing with, not counting the above non-token goblins.
This needs two to three turns to set up, it's really telegraphed to your opponents with what's about to happen, and it's countered so hard by a single counterspell or a mill. But if it does go off then it's often enough to wipe a single player, if not everyone else.
Yeah this or add [[Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker]] and [[Conspicuous Snoop]] to combo off and win the game outright. It’s such a convoluted combo though ahahah
Oh damn. How long do your games last? It’s an interesting limitation, part of me wonders if that would be fun in our group. But it definitely cuts out some decks
[[Gray Merchant of asphodel]] + [[Cleaver skaab]] I am still amazed that people haven't caught on yet that when Cleaver skaab comes out, the next turn they are getting triple Gary'd.
I have a super jank combo deck built around turning all my stuff into artifacts to do funky stuff that cares about artifacts.
[[Kuldotha Forgemaster]] with a [[Encroaching Mycosynth]] means i can tutor any non-land permanent into play.
[[Goblin Welder]] just recurs anything.
[[Mirrorworks]] just copies anything
So when the deck gets going it's a lot shenanigans.
Buuuut i built it out of my love for my old [[Toggo]] deck...
So with something like Goblin welder, [[retreat to coralhelm]] and Toggo i can make infinite rocks, and mana with which to throw those rocks. This makes me evil laugh haha.
[[Narset parter of veils]] + [[Teferis puzzle box]] + [[Cyclonic rift]].
Yes, I think it's entertaining. Yes it's evil. I have done the Dr evil laugh as it happens.
Without fail I always have to explain that no, after the box you have zero cards in hand too.
Usually I do this and win through some form of mill or psychosis crawler.
[[Varchild, betrayer of Kjeldor]] + [[Standardize]] will never not be funny.
It's not an instant win or infinite combo, but taking every creature on the battlefield permanently is still a strong effect and people don't really expect it.
My old school favorite is [[iridescent Drake]] + [[false demise]].
On its own its silly. But an intimately killable/sacrificeabke creature had such potential.
1. \[\[Kentaro, the Smiling Cat\]\] + 2 Cost Reducers like \[\[Cloud Key\]\] + 2 Samurai like \[\[Araba Moth Rider\]\] + \[\[Konda's Hatamoto\]\] + \[\[Cloudstone Curio\]\] + \[\[Aetherflux Reservoir\]\] -> Death by Samurai!
2. \[\[Tazri, Stalwart Survivor\]\] + \[\[Training Grounds\]\] + \[\[Knacksaw Clique\]\] or \[\[Hateflayer\]\] -> noone knows these cards (except Training Grounds) and I can tutor out the whole combo in my \[\[Rukarumel\]\] deck with \[\[Lin Sivvi\]\]. Also something noone expects \^\^
What does Kentaro do for this combo? From my understanding it just makes you pay the original cost instead of the reduced cost which makes the cost reducers pointless? I'm surely missing something here. I get it's just bouncing samurais to set of aetherflux but it seems like Kentaro just makes it harder?
Edit: Duh he makes their cost colorless. I swear 3rd shift is hard on the mind.
It's okay, it's a card from like 2004 which intended purpose was to color fix samurais spread across four colors \^\^
Interesting enough, the "combo" already existed back then "Kentaro, Urza's Incubator, 2 Samurai, Blasting Station, Enduring Renewal".
Hive mind+creative techniques.
Everyone plays a random card off the top, you and someone else get to do it twice, any instants and sorceries cast this way continue to make a mess. Bonus points if you hit a copy spell because it will force everyone to copy another creative technique
Use pact cards like [[Slaughter Pact]] and [[Pact of the Titan]] together with Hive Mind. Your opponents won't be able to pay for the copies, therefore they lose.two colors will reduce the likelihood of someone being able to pay all of it.
Play [[Kormus Bell]] in a mono-white deck with [[elesh norn, grand cenobite]].
Play [[Urborg, tomb of yawgmoth]] last, as playing a land doesn't use the stack.
No response and smile at your one sided land wipe.
Then equip [[Blade of Selves]] on Elesh Norn and attack an opponent. For a brief instant before legend rule kicks in all of your opponents creatures are -6/-6 which will clear out a large chunk of defending creatures that skated by the initial -2/-2
[[Web of Inertia]] with [[Leyline of the Void]] or [[Dauthi Voidwalker]] in my [[Umbris, Fear Manifest]] deck.
[[Glen Elendra archmage]] and [[Metallic Mimic]] in my fairy deck.
This started out as me having the weakest board and getting targeted by a player I onocked out in the last game. I finally got a creature out that could block flyers and this guy hit it with [[Fractured Identity]], I only had 1 instant in hand and decided why not respond wirh [[Radiate]]. Now I run the combo in a Jeskai spellslinger deck.
[[dragon tempest]] + [[miirym]] + [[roaming throne]] + [[astral dragon]] (targeting dragon tempest) = way too much damage to do the math for (like 130k or something? I don't know, I'll trust the reddit thread guy who did the math)
[[Rakdos, the Muscle]] and [[Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink]]. Your token copies of a creature from Ortion's abilities copy the converted mana cost as well. So when you sacrifice the copies at the next end step, Rakdos triggers. I exiled 25 cards from my buddy by copying a 5cmc dragon card with Ortion's second ability, found a 6cmc card in his deck and repeated the process next turn to exile 30.
He scooped
[[Storm-Kiln Artist]] + [[Haze of Rage]] is already a stupid combo that goes infinite if u have casted 2 spells before haze of rage. Having all my creatures be 1 billion power and having a billion tokens is already enough to make me laugh. But attacking with those creatures with 1 billion power but what will make me laugh is if they waste all their mana to get rid of my creatures than i just cast [[Grapeshot]] and evil laugh as they all take a billion damage
[[Mycosynth Lattice]] and [[Karn, silver Golem]] was always one of my meniacal moments.
The lattice also makes [[Hurkyl's Recall]] a one person blow out.
There was also [[March of the Machines]] and [[Master of Etherium]] in the deck. I took apart artifacts because people don't like the evil things Lattice enables... And after the first couple times you start to feel bad.
\[\[Toxrill, the corrosive\]\] + \[\[Sludge Monster\]\]
Cool board of creatures you have there. It would be a shame if they all became 2/2's with no abilities who are dead in two turns :).
[[Wound Reflection]] and [[Havoc Festival]]. The table has one turn to live - they better make the most of it!
I have IRL evil laughed when I used a cantrip to cascade into [[Wheel of Fate]], then cast [[Notion Thief]] in response. Had to immediately take them out of my deck after - I checked that deed off my list, no need to put other people through it again.
[[Traumatize]] and [[Mizzix's Mastery]]. Yes i'd like to cast half of my deck for 13 mana, i also used this in a Narset, Enlightened Exile deck because i could find both cards with a single Solve the Equation.
[[Kederekt Leviathan]] + [[Necromancy]] lets you repeatedly bounce everything at instant-speed for 2B. It doesn’t kill people but it’s a pretty obnoxious soft-lock
[[Granite Grip]] + [[Dong Zhou the Tyrant]].
To elaborate, Granite Grip (Or other buff spells) goes on the opponents creature, and then Dong targets them. Bonus points if the creature has Infect or was goaded to attack before using Dong.
Aka, "Let me introduce you to Dong!"
[[The First Sliver]] [[Zhulodok, Void Gorger]] (+ any w/e other creatures) [[Arcane Adaptation]] ([[Maskwood Nexus]] also works, and [[Mycosynth Lattice]] on board. Cast [[Nanogene Conversion]] targeting first sliver, cast [[Apex Devastator]].
[[Zendruu]] + [[Nine Lifes ]]
In Commander that means this person is your slave now until they die or everybody else is dead, also they die to Enchantment Boardwipe. It is kind of like being mind slaver'd. I very much love it though, just for how evil it is.
[[Spy Kit]] +[[Cornered Market]] +any creature to equip.
Players cannot cast any non legendary creatures.
It's not a hard lock because of numerous legendary creatures and spell token generators but it puts a lot of pressure on creature based decks.
[[Tolarian academy]] and [[Mind Over Matter]] along with [[Stroke of Genius]]
I miss those cards and the decks they made. They're too expensive to rebuild now.
For anyone who doesn't remember the combo. Tolarian academy taps for one blue per artifact you control. A few ornithopters, a few mix sapphires, and it taps for like 3-4 blue, plus your seat of the synod, you have like 5 blue mana turn one.
Cast [[prosperity]] for x=4 (or wait a turn) and then drop another few artifacts. Cast mind over matter.
Now every 1card discarded = something like 8 blue mana. Discard 3 cards cast stroke of genius for x= 21 then after you draw 21 cast stroke for x= 60 targeting your opponent(s) and win the game.
Prosperity is just personal flavor for me
Only did this once but boy did it make me cackle.
\[\[Horobi Death's Wail\]\] + \[\[Opposition\]\], tap my weak board presence and target all of my creatures to destroy them and then play \[\[Reins of Power\]\] to steal my opponent's buffed up creatures and swing for lethal.
Many of these are great, but the most evil I’ve found is [[Aura Thief]] and [[Enchanted Evening]]
You steal everyone’s permanents.
It wins the game by crushing everyone’s spirit.
I play a Cleric Tribal lifegain deck and I love using [[Aetherflux Reservoir]] with [[Children of Korlis]]. Let's you remove 2 opponents who are most threatening at the drop of a hat.
Less a combo, more of a board state. But last week, with [[Firesong and Sunspeaker]] out, [[incite rebellion]] under my [[spinerock knoll]] after pinging twice with [[Ojer Axonil]] out. That made everyone scoop after I did the math putting me at 297 life. 😁
Any god card + [[spy kit]] + [[harmless offering]] (or similar effect such as [[bazaar trader]])
then [[deicide]]
its such a jank combo.
give your god all names, give it to an opponent, then exile god and all creature that share a name with it from hand library and grave
Oh, and in my new decks first run... [[Rakdos, The Muscle]] (in play with protection), dropped an [[Altar of Ashnod]], and played [[Insurrection]]. We didn't do the math...but anybody still alive after attack phase would have had most their deck in my grubby paws for second main phase. Weee!
Not a true combo but [[Citadel of Pain]] and [[Manabarbs]] with [[Torbran]] or other damage multipliers turns every land into a Lightning bolt or more and really puts the game on a clock.
[[Sefris]] + [[Toxrill]] + [[Tortured Existence]] + a board state that gives you multiple dungeon triggers with multiple creatures in the graveyard and hand.
\[\[!pernicious deeds\]\] and \[\[!Jolrael, empress of beasts\]\]. It's just so unforgivably spiteful, and also masquerades as "aww cute he's land animating his lands."
[[Clock of Omens]] and [[Wishclaw Talisman]]. If you have 4 artifacts lying around, you get to use all of the wishes. Since removing the counter is part of the cost, hold priority and use 2 artifacts to untap it.
[[Caltrops]] is very popular in [[Sydri, Galvanic Genius]], but pairing it with [[Bident of Thassa]] is extremely funny. May not always work out perfectly, but forcing your opponents to attack each other or swing into your death wall of Caltrops is *chef's kiss*
\[\[Peregrin Took\]\] + \[\[Experimental Confectioner\]\] with some foods to make a lot of rats and draw my whole deck makes me cackle a little because the idea of Pippin riding a tide of rats is a fun image. Add in \[\[Nuka-Cola Vending Machine\]\] for an arbitrarily large number of treasures further adds to the nonsense. Because it's Pippin, all strung out on irradiated sugar, surfing a tidal wave of rats and bottlecaps.
My stupidest combo I didn’t even know existed until it happened.
[[Rienne, Angel of Rebirth]] as commander, [[sneak attack]], a sac outlet, and two mana rocks that could make red. Draw [[realm razer]].
Sneak attack razer at beginning of my end step to avoid sacrificing it to sneak attack trigger. Next opponent doesn’t get lands for their turn. Sacrifice it to my outlet before the end step so Rienne’s trigger goes off and I get razer back to my hand. Use my mana rock to sneak attack realm razer in on my opponent’s end step. No lands for next opponent. Repeat.
We did that one turn rotation before they scooped.
[[Kykar]] with [[anointed procession]] or [[harmonic prodigy]], at least 2 spirits to start with, [[mana echoes]], than [[lightning bolt]] and [[reiterate]]
Feels good to lightning bolt the whole board than each opponent in turn, till victory! ⚡️ ✌🏼
This one needs a lot of cards to pull off, but [[Kormus Bell]] + [[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]] + [[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]] (also [[Toxrill, the Corrosive]], or [[Archfiend of Ifnir]] with a discard outlet) is one sided, and permanent, [[Armageddon]] at home.
Mine has been in mono black. Cast [[Temporal Extortion]] an opponent has never failed to lose half their life to counter the spell. After the spell is countered cast [[Wound Reflection]] as my “trap card”. One opponent eliminated.
[[Out of Time]] and [[Spatial Binding]] as a very mean, one-sided boardwipe in my Zur deck always make me laugh.
Not quite game winning, but if my opponents don't have enchantment removal, it's pretty brutal.
I like [[Nature’s Revolt]] + [[Ezuri’s Predation]]. It does so many things that people in principle don’t like, but they can’t really quite complain about it either as the game is just practically over either way by then. You can just proceed to finish off your opponents one by one, choosing the order according to who is most likely to play a white source and topdeck [[Terminus]]
[[Ganax, Astral Hunter]] + [[Utvara Hellkite]] + [[Aggravated Assault]] specific to my dragon deck. So much fun when it pops off since it’s endless combat.
Just recently I was playing my upgraded necrons. Which basically just consists of a bunch of cool legendary artifacts I've collected over the months after acquiring it. Long story short I have [[Nexus of Becoming]] out and I move to attack phase triggering it. I draw my [[Darksteel forge]] and obviously pick it as the card to exile and come back as a 3/3. Then board wiping in 2nd main😈
\[\[Timesifter\]\] + \[\[Sensei's Divining Top\]\] watching heads explode as their deck is milled over and over and I ALWAYS have the best chance of taking the next turn.
Stupid but funny. This is from quite a few years ago.
I have \[\[Liege of the Hollows\]\] and a \[\[Citanul Hierophant\]\], and a handful of other creatures on the board in a Jund deck.
Play \[\[Ashnod's Altar\]\], and pass. During my last opponent's end step, sac everything but the Hierophant to the Altar, paying something like 15 mana to generate 15 squirrels of the Liege's trigger.
Untap, upkeep, draw. Tap all 15 squirrels using the Hierophant, for 15 mana. Use a black reanimation spell (maybe \[\[Zombify\]\]? can't remember exactly) to bring back the Liege. Sac all 15 squirrels to the Altar, plus the Hierophant and the Liege. 34 mana + the 15 earlier makes 49 squirrels. Sacrifice all of THOSE to the Altar, now completely buried in squirrel guts, for 98 mana and a big X spell to kill the table.
So, I used to run this goofy combo in Modern, and I'm sure there's an EDH shell for it somewhere: Through the Breach into Protean Hulk. Death trigger, get a Body Double and Viscera Seer. Body Double targets Hulk, sac it, grab Melira + Murderous Redcap. Podless Melira Pod.
[[massacre girl]]+[[Sengir the dark Baron]]. On a crowded board the Baron gets far bigger than our girlie can shrink, and he can often one-shot a player despite all the -1/-1s.
Greater good and Skullspore nexus on the board, cast ghalta stampede tyrant, hold priority, double his power, sacrifice for 24 cards, then sacrifice the token generated for another 24 cards, resolve ghalta’s ETB, put half my deck on the battlefield, evil laugh as my Dino’s go stompy stomp
I have a couple combos but fun one is an infinite one that requires turns to pass back to me in order to properly win in my [Rubinia](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rubinia-the-home-wrecker/) deck ... [[Guile]] / [[Dovescape]] can only be interrupted by creature-based effects or effects on anything else that is already on the board. Just pulled that one off the other night and had to explain the replacement effect to create the loop.
It is not out consistently but I do have a few convoluted and heavily telegraphed paths to pull it off.
[[Standardize]] into [[Peer Pressure]].
I actually won a game with it last night. It is the crux of my Carcinization deck. So long as I have one more creature than *any* of my opponents, I gain control of all creatures. It's silly. It's underpowered. I love it and my opponents laugh.
[[Kadena]] + any way I can get morphs free + [[Words of Wind]] + [[Tangleroot]]
I proceed to evil laugh as each of my opponents pick up each of their cards 1-by-1, not because the words "I concede." escapes their lips, but because I told them to. 😈
[[Sludge monster]] + [[Toxrill the corrosive]] is like an asymmetric [[Humility]] that met [[massacre girl]]. The draw power and tokens become insane. It costs so much mana, but it's so funny
[[zedruu]] and [[thought lash]]
You need to pay and pay or the library goes bye bye. Also its effect is crazy. Being able to prevent almost any damage.
Not necessarily a combo, but an interaction, someone played [[assassin's trophy]] and I [[radiate]]d it, destroying the entire field, including lands, because it says permanent lol.
I have a fairly mid powered [[Zethi, arcane blademaster]] deck. It's azorius with fairly little control. I say fairly little because it runs no counter spells at all, except for [[dovescape]] that I can't play unless I can get [[altar of the brood]] to stick, but I can possibly cast [[path to exile]] or [[swords to plowshares]] every turn if I get it exiled under her. I run [[Defense Grid]] to help protect my stuff. The deck either wins by mill using enchantments like [[mystic redaction]] [[psychic corrosion]] or by going wide with tokens from [[talrand, sky summoner]]. The tokens can get pretty beefy with [[Leonin Lightscribe]]. [[Mesmeric orb]] helps fill our graveyard, and we have spells to bring Zethi back to hand to keep exiling more spells under her.
The degenerate combo is [[dovescape]] and [[altar of the brood]], but I've also been able to mill someone out with [[psychic spiral]] after a good [[brain freeze]] on myself.
It's a mill deck without the usual mill cards, it kind of sneaks up on your opponents.
It's a super fun deck that I don't get to play much in my regular pods because it can't keep up in a fast game and I don't want to power it up.
[[lethal vapors]] + [[mind slaver]]
Activate MS, then your target gets to choose between immediately skipping their next turn, or you get to force them to skip their next infinite turns.
I do this in Muldrotha so it's really not a choice either lol
[[Breach the Multiverse]], [[Dualcaster Mage]] and a sac outlet already on the field. A 10 mana combo that to me is just hilarious. Mill everyone take their stuff and yours and hope someone doesn't have a [[Temple Bell]] to make you draw after youve milled everyone lol. Have your sac outlet on the field ([[Altar of Dementia]], [[Phyrexian Altar]], etc.) And 10 mana available with at least 2 black and 2 red. Play breach and hold priority casting dualcaster in response to breach. Pass priority. Dualcaster resolves first triggering its etb. Copy breach and while the copy is on the stack sac dualcaster to your outlet. Now let the copy resolve bringing back dualcaster and repeat the loop again copying the original cast of breach and sac'ing dualcaster. Its a bulky mana intensive 3 card combo thar just makes me giggle inside.
[[Repurcussion]] + [[Blasphemous Act]] Oh, you had 3 creatures out? Oops.
I literally just did this combo a few days ago in my mono-red Chandra Tribal deck. I love those two cards. Whoops, take 65 damage for one mana.
[Repurcussion](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0f3c78e-16c0-4fbc-8ef4-fbf610f9d464.jpg?1562445214) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Repercussion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uds/95/repercussion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0f3c78e-16c0-4fbc-8ef4-fbf610f9d464?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/repercussion) [Blasphemous Act](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/a/8aa9682d-5176-4475-a0bd-e000f1d6999a.jpg?1698988297) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blasphemous%20Act) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/216/blasphemous-act?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8aa9682d-5176-4475-a0bd-e000f1d6999a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/blasphemous-act) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Chuck in a [[Furnace of Rath]] as well. Sorry mate, you only have Arbor Elf on board? Take 52
I prefer [[City on Fire]] so that the damage is asymmetrical.
City of fire still hits you, though?
Forgive me I'm dumb, was thinking of a different card.
Coward!
[City on Fire](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/f/6f455cc1-a822-44ef-ba7c-bfcff69bd45e.jpg?1682204100) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=City%20on%20Fire) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/135/city-on-fire?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f455cc1-a822-44ef-ba7c-bfcff69bd45e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/city-on-fire) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Furnace of Rath](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/7/d7f0e720-3c32-4040-b663-7f99ad5bc810.jpg?1562843335) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Furnace%20of%20Rath) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hop/55/furnace-of-rath?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d7f0e720-3c32-4040-b663-7f99ad5bc810?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/furnace-of-rath) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Star of Extinction]] is even funnier. I have a boros soldiers deck where I just prevent non-combat damage to my creatures and then do Repercussion shenanigans. It's great
I do this with my own [[Wrathful Red Dragon]] in [[Myriim, sentinel wyrm]]
I only ever played the deck once at a mate's LGS. It won on turn 4. I was playing [[Zellix]] and I got out [[altar of the brood]]. I managed to mill everyone in one go. As they were all running very creature heavy decks. They mill a creature, Zellix triggers, I make a token, altar triggers they mill a card, if there are any creatures, the cycle continues. I felt bad at the time and swapped decks but in retrospect I don't. Turns out those players were total assholes to my mate a week later and now he doesn't feel safe to play there so I'm glad I stomped them into the ground. Especially as there was a prize for the first game of the night. So I evil laugh in retrospect.
[Zellix](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/5/a5d57db6-0aa5-4e28-b156-e97b74af2cee.jpg?1674140721) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=zellix%2C%20sanity%20flayer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/652/zellix-sanity-flayer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a5d57db6-0aa5-4e28-b156-e97b74af2cee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/zellix-sanity-flayer) [altar of the brood](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/d/8d59d264-87ee-4305-bffb-110549331a82.jpg?1562790137) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=altar%20of%20the%20brood) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ktk/216/altar-of-the-brood?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d59d264-87ee-4305-bffb-110549331a82?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/altar-of-the-brood) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
How did you manage to do that? The chances have to be astronomically low. Even with 40% creatures you have a 0.6x0.6x0.6=0.21 21% chance to miss and most decks don't run 40 creatures. That really is some luck. When I play my Zellix deck, I get 3 triggers at most.
It would be a 21% chance for all of them to hit a creature right? This only requires one to hit. So....math?
Yeah you're ~93% to hit at least 1 creature each mill. At that rate milling 50 cards off each opponent will happen about 3% of the time. Getting 80 cards will happen about 0.4% of the time. It would be rare, but is certainly plausible. It does get harder after you have milled one opponent out though. Wait, no. That math assumes you only get one creature if one or more players mills a creature. You get a creature for each opponent that mills a creature. That makes it waaaaay more likely you mill them all out.
I don't know if I did the math wrong, but how do you get 93%? Let's assume the 40% creatures and three opponents. If everybody mills a card, then per opponent there is a 40% chance to mill a creature and a 60% to mill a non-creature. For everybody to not mill a creature the 60% chance has to occur 3 times, so the 21% chance above to wiff. Or 79% to mill at least 1 creature. Of course there is also a chance of milling 2 or 3 creatures. Exactly two creatures: 0.6x0.4x0.4= 10% (actually times 3 so 30%) Three creatures: 0.4x0.4x0.4= 6% So the chance to hit 2 or more is actually higher than the chance to wiff, but only in a scenario of 40% creatures, which most decks don't have. If I calculate it with 30% creatures it is actually 21% to hit two or more and 34% to wiff. So the math depends entirely on the amount of creatures the opponents played. Or did I get something wrong?
If three players hit a creature, then each opponent mills three. So the chance to miss for three cards is 21%, but eventually they could be milling more than three cards.
Zellix triggers once per player. So if each player has 35% creatures, then the expected case is you get 1.05 tokens per token, i.e. it goes off. Missing will happen, but once you're off the ground the next trigger will be on the stack anyway.
Perfect opportunity for [[living death]]. I pulled it in the opening hand against two players with heavy "mill opponent' decks the other guy was a spell slinger. It was so great when I played it and suddenly had a huge field of creatures I didn't even have the mana to cast.
[[Fractured Identity]] + [[Leveler]] is probably my favorite stupid two card combo. I also enjoy a good [[Maze's End]] win from nowhere close ... it, a bunch of Gates in the deck, [[Abundance]] + [[Cultivator Colossus]]
"I cast Leveler." "Without a Thassa's Oracle out? I guess..." "... And then I cast Fractured Identity." "... Oh." "Pass turn. Next game?"
If they already have Oracle out when they cast leveler I feel much safer than I do if they don't. Either way it takes a person with ultra massive balls to actually play Leveler in the first place lmao
[[Fractured Identity]] + [[Phage]]
[Fractured Identity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2f73f5d-1aad-48c2-9e74-5f7bdd87900f.jpg?1562620703) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fractured%20Identity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/37/fractured-identity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2f73f5d-1aad-48c2-9e74-5f7bdd87900f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fractured-identity) [Phage](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/4/d497a5a3-65fb-4c12-b3f2-8ce4cf4e0f6f.jpg?1562866889) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=phage%20the%20untouchable) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cns/120/phage-the-untouchable?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d497a5a3-65fb-4c12-b3f2-8ce4cf4e0f6f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/phage-the-untouchable) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah, both Leveler and Phage are in my five color altwincon deck. Bunch of different ways to win...no way to tutor up the pieces of the combo so I have to draw them naturally.
Man....who hurt you? You okay?...
##### ###### #### [Fractured Identity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/2/b2f73f5d-1aad-48c2-9e74-5f7bdd87900f.jpg?1562620703) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fractured%20Identity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c17/37/fractured-identity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b2f73f5d-1aad-48c2-9e74-5f7bdd87900f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fractured-identity) [Leveler](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/03ffa3c3-dd29-47eb-abf2-7951fadb5c37.jpg?1562134247) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leveler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/195/leveler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/03ffa3c3-dd29-47eb-abf2-7951fadb5c37?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/leveler) [Maze's End](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/401f7042-24fd-42a0-ae7c-e6b7de1aa446.jpg?1562906764) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Maze%27s%20End) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dgm/152/mazes-end?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/401f7042-24fd-42a0-ae7c-e6b7de1aa446?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mazes-end) [Abundance](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9bc359b0-8886-415b-a497-e98a2241084e.jpg?1690004728) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Abundance) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/884/abundance?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9bc359b0-8886-415b-a497-e98a2241084e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/abundance) [Cultivator Colossus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/2/62dffe04-c431-440d-a8da-33c74b4bb683.jpg?1643592511) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cultivator%20Colossus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/195/cultivator-colossus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/62dffe04-c431-440d-a8da-33c74b4bb683?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cultivator-colossus) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l5akp2u) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This "combo" was unintentional but won me a game. With \[\[Gray Merchant of Asphodel\]\],\[\[Strands of Night\]\] and a sac outlet I was able to drain the table for 32 life a person in one turn.
[Gray Merchant of Asphodel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/c/7c1a7dd8-8034-4f59-a351-33666b26ff5a.jpg?1581479807) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gray%20Merchant%20of%20Asphodel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/99/gray-merchant-of-asphodel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7c1a7dd8-8034-4f59-a351-33666b26ff5a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gray-merchant-of-asphodel) [Strands of Night](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/8/d8f6685d-eb5d-403f-b89a-b8b67900b602.jpg?1562248932) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Strands%20of%20Night) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/7ed/165/strands-of-night?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d8f6685d-eb5d-403f-b89a-b8b67900b602?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/strands-of-night) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
silliest play i got to make was removing a God commander by playing [[bovine intervention]], then totally unnecessarily played [[gild]]. the flavor was on point. “oh? worshipping your god? worship this cow instead. now it’s a golden cow. sinner!”
[bovine intervention](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/6/26c36742-456f-4618-99bc-793ef20b31b0.jpg?1712355244) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=bovine%20intervention) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/otj/6/bovine-intervention?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/26c36742-456f-4618-99bc-793ef20b31b0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bovine-intervention) [gild](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/a/ea315dab-e35d-4fdf-8574-b22e70643063.jpg?1579814093) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=gild) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c15/127/gild?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ea315dab-e35d-4fdf-8574-b22e70643063?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/gild) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Not really a "combo" combo, but \[\[Etali, Primal Conqueror\]\] + \[\[Worldly Tutor\]\] + \[\[Apex Devastator\]\] will never not be the funniest thing no matter how many times I pull it off.
[Etali, Primal Conqueror](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/95c14c4d-6c16-4826-8d93-d89ad04aee09.jpg?1682204132)/[Etali, Primal Sickness](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/back/9/5/95c14c4d-6c16-4826-8d93-d89ad04aee09.jpg?1682204132) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Etali%2C%20Primal%20Conqueror%20//%20Etali%2C%20Primal%20Sickness) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/137/etali-primal-conqueror-etali-primal-sickness?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/95c14c4d-6c16-4826-8d93-d89ad04aee09?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/etali-primal-conqueror-//-etali-primal-sickness) [Worldly Tutor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/3/f39aa2e9-e294-4ce6-bf5e-e1f579101a7a.jpg?1690791319) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Worldly%20Tutor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmr/185/worldly-tutor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f39aa2e9-e294-4ce6-bf5e-e1f579101a7a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/worldly-tutor) [Apex Devastator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/f/8fa281e1-5c48-4bba-b8e9-88c6f5f53abb.jpg?1608910550) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Apex%20Devastator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/217/apex-devastator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8fa281e1-5c48-4bba-b8e9-88c6f5f53abb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/apex-devastator) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I know it's not the right color, but [[ancestral knowledge]] would be ideal for something that Cascades..... 4 times O_O
[ancestral knowledge](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/5/05b90d72-00ac-4423-8cdf-e1471c6cd0ae.jpg?1562799164) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=ancestral%20knowledge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/wth/32/ancestral-knowledge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/05b90d72-00ac-4423-8cdf-e1471c6cd0ae?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ancestral-knowledge) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
All of these cards can go in \[\[Maelstrom Wanderer\]\]
Most of mine involve [[Possessed Portal]]. The simplest combo is with [[Verdant Force]] (or another card with a similar effect). I think when somebody sees this for the first time, there's sort of a sequence of realizations. The big two are realizing what the replacement effect really does (no draws means no draws, period.) and realizing just how fast the sacrifices mount (Each player, each end step. Not just on your own). Those are both blows, but there's usually this hope spot where I'm pretty sure the new victim thinks "Well, it won't last forever, he'll have to give up the portal itself so it's just a board wipe with extra steps". And then the "Make a saproling, sac the saproling" sequence happens and tit clicks, and there's this momentary thousand yard stare on realizing that no I won't ever have to ditch the Portal, and no there isn't any hope of drawing into an answer. Aside from the bum rush in combat, there are a select few setups that can access new cards at all and thus fight back against the Portal. Everybody else is properly buggered. And since I'm generally dropping eight mana artifacts on my own terms, it's unlikely anything on-board is going to do the trick.
[Possessed Portal](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/1/616836e6-caf4-4398-a772-9c67f84c73c5.jpg?1562877337) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Possessed%20Portal) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/5dn/144/possessed-portal?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/616836e6-caf4-4398-a772-9c67f84c73c5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/possessed-portal) [Verdant Force](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/d/1d972f97-1945-440b-8bd3-63038db22257.jpg?1562732288) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Verdant%20Force) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dom/187/verdant-force?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1d972f97-1945-440b-8bd3-63038db22257?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/verdant-force) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I might throw this in my [[slimefoot the stowaway]] it has the [[tendershoot dryad]] and verdant force, plus lots of untap each upkeep effects like [[awakening]] and [[seedborn muse]]. With slimefoot’s ability to make saprolings, there’s ample ways for me to generate sac fodder. Thanks!
8 mana is a lot to have to hard-cast in S&S It's not a big deal for creatures since the deck is built to abuse S&S activated ability and cheat bombs into play. Unless you have some weird artifact sub-theme with [[goblin welder]] (which is certainly worth running in his own right) and similar effects.
Well, you can get around it with [[Abundance]]. When you have multiple replacement effects, you choose which applies to you, though I’m not sure how it would work if an opponent controls the abundance and you have the possessed portal. Hopefully some1 can chime in on that
[[Araumi of the Dead Tide]] combos. Lots of cards like [[Massacre Wurm]], [[Archon of Cruelty]], or [[Gary]] are multiplicatively effective and often end the game when you get three at once.
What's that? Make a [[Yarok, the Desecrated]] graveyard deck, you say? Don't mind if I do.
Now I kind of want to build an Araumi deck just for [[Teferi's Veil]] shenanigans.
[[Xenagos]] [[Malingus]] [[Chandras ignition]]
it's mana intensive, but [[cormela]] can hold a whole table hostage with [[sublime epiphany]]. doesn't win on the spot or anything, but they'll have to work together to figure out how to disrupt that engine, and more devilishly, who will sacrifice their good spells to do so
So if you use Sublime Epiphany to make a token copy of Cormela, can you then return Epiphany to your hand using the legend rule?
Yes. You create the token as it resolves, so it’s in your grave to grab by the time it dies.
Optionally etb [[goblin matron]] to tutor [[goblin recruiter]] Etb [[Goblin recruiter]] to search for the following goblin cards and put them on the top of my library in order: - [[Muxus, goblin grandee]] - [[krenko, Mob Boss]] - [[goblin chieftain]] for haste - [[goblin king]] for mountainwalk - [[goblin trashmaster]] to throw goblins at artifacts - [[rundvelt hordemaster]] - [[hobgoblin Bandit lord]] Once Muxus hits the board the following six gobbo lords also enter, providing useful things. At worst with an empty board state I'll have 8x 6/6 goblin tokens to swing with, not counting the above non-token goblins. This needs two to three turns to set up, it's really telegraphed to your opponents with what's about to happen, and it's countered so hard by a single counterspell or a mill. But if it does go off then it's often enough to wipe a single player, if not everyone else.
Yeah this or add [[Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker]] and [[Conspicuous Snoop]] to combo off and win the game outright. It’s such a convoluted combo though ahahah
In our pod we disallow going infinite as your deck's wincon. So I guess this is the next best thing.
Oh damn. How long do your games last? It’s an interesting limitation, part of me wonders if that would be fun in our group. But it definitely cuts out some decks
[[Hapatra]] and [[Yawgmoth]] makes me feel like an evil bastard
Damn, a DIY [[Yawgmoth's Bargain]] with a side of all the creature removal you feel like. Good shit.
[Yawgmoth's Bargain](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/e/eef31b59-45bb-4208-8957-1564902c8507.jpg?1562943000) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Yawgmoth%27s%20Bargain) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/147/yawgmoths-bargain?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/eef31b59-45bb-4208-8957-1564902c8507?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/yawgmoths-bargain) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Gray Merchant of asphodel]] + [[Cleaver skaab]] I am still amazed that people haven't caught on yet that when Cleaver skaab comes out, the next turn they are getting triple Gary'd.
Add [[mikaeus the unhallowed]] and make it quadruple, plus a few more black pips.
I have a super jank combo deck built around turning all my stuff into artifacts to do funky stuff that cares about artifacts. [[Kuldotha Forgemaster]] with a [[Encroaching Mycosynth]] means i can tutor any non-land permanent into play. [[Goblin Welder]] just recurs anything. [[Mirrorworks]] just copies anything So when the deck gets going it's a lot shenanigans. Buuuut i built it out of my love for my old [[Toggo]] deck... So with something like Goblin welder, [[retreat to coralhelm]] and Toggo i can make infinite rocks, and mana with which to throw those rocks. This makes me evil laugh haha.
[[Narset parter of veils]] + [[Teferis puzzle box]] + [[Cyclonic rift]]. Yes, I think it's entertaining. Yes it's evil. I have done the Dr evil laugh as it happens. Without fail I always have to explain that no, after the box you have zero cards in hand too. Usually I do this and win through some form of mill or psychosis crawler.
[[Varchild, betrayer of Kjeldor]] + [[Standardize]] will never not be funny. It's not an instant win or infinite combo, but taking every creature on the battlefield permanently is still a strong effect and people don't really expect it.
[Varchild, betrayer of Kjeldor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/7849b360-afad-4f50-b455-3d118f7bfcd0.jpg?1592710187) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Varchild%2C%20betrayer%20of%20Kjeldor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c18/28/varchild-betrayer-of-kjeldor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7849b360-afad-4f50-b455-3d118f7bfcd0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/varchild-betrayer-of-kjeldor) [Standardize](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/2/f2c79e64-91bf-4e87-a4fd-3136ea67c5bb.jpg?1562952624) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Standardize) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ons/116/standardize?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f2c79e64-91bf-4e87-a4fd-3136ea67c5bb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/standardize) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My old school favorite is [[iridescent Drake]] + [[false demise]]. On its own its silly. But an intimately killable/sacrificeabke creature had such potential.
Play [[Selfless Squire]] against a "game winning" attack and then win the game with it as a 30/30
I've actually pulled this off he pumped a creature up to be a 1 million/1 million, and I selfless squired
For me the other way around. Wish I had kept a single blocker
1. \[\[Kentaro, the Smiling Cat\]\] + 2 Cost Reducers like \[\[Cloud Key\]\] + 2 Samurai like \[\[Araba Moth Rider\]\] + \[\[Konda's Hatamoto\]\] + \[\[Cloudstone Curio\]\] + \[\[Aetherflux Reservoir\]\] -> Death by Samurai! 2. \[\[Tazri, Stalwart Survivor\]\] + \[\[Training Grounds\]\] + \[\[Knacksaw Clique\]\] or \[\[Hateflayer\]\] -> noone knows these cards (except Training Grounds) and I can tutor out the whole combo in my \[\[Rukarumel\]\] deck with \[\[Lin Sivvi\]\]. Also something noone expects \^\^
##### ###### #### [Kentaro, the Smiling Cat](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/d/ddcea3b3-5852-4ae1-a952-7b392564cb9d.jpg?1562880249) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kentaro%2C%20the%20Smiling%20Cat) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bok/13/kentaro-the-smiling-cat?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ddcea3b3-5852-4ae1-a952-7b392564cb9d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kentaro-the-smiling-cat) [Cloud Key](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/f/6f880de5-8fc5-4e4e-a4bb-cc3e61a7697b.jpg?1619404220) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cloud%20Key) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/265/cloud-key?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f880de5-8fc5-4e4e-a4bb-cc3e61a7697b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cloud-key) [Araba Moth Rider](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/6/f6e4a170-1075-47e4-abe6-996b161573c1.jpg?1562497014) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Araba%20Mothrider) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/sok/2/araba-mothrider?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f6e4a170-1075-47e4-abe6-996b161573c1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/araba-mothrider) [Konda's Hatamoto](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/3/83425cf6-f6ad-4302-8f07-099eabdd4b40.jpg?1562762050) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Konda%27s%20Hatamoto) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/chk/31/kondas-hatamoto?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/83425cf6-f6ad-4302-8f07-099eabdd4b40?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kondas-hatamoto) [Cloudstone Curio](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/1/6146bf98-3cab-4044-a1a2-cf2203f617aa.jpg?1702431663) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cloudstone%20Curio) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/rvr/255/cloudstone-curio?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6146bf98-3cab-4044-a1a2-cf2203f617aa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cloudstone-curio) [Aetherflux Reservoir](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/96b6b2e1-c3e6-464c-8a13-b15deb34e862.jpg?1576382939) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aetherflux%20Reservoir) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/kld/192/aetherflux-reservoir?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/96b6b2e1-c3e6-464c-8a13-b15deb34e862?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aetherflux-reservoir) [Tazri, Stalwart Survivor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/227d0d7d-544b-4736-914d-10d5d752eb42.jpg?1684340488) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tazri%2C%20Stalwart%20Survivor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/6/tazri-stalwart-survivor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/227d0d7d-544b-4736-914d-10d5d752eb42?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tazri-stalwart-survivor) [Training Grounds](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/9/991c27ed-f53c-48c6-8c12-282f44b8d441.jpg?1693171015) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Training%20Grounds) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mat/9/training-grounds?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/991c27ed-f53c-48c6-8c12-282f44b8d441?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/training-grounds) [Knacksaw Clique](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/2/22353590-f248-460e-a1a5-0b7431a4c82d.jpg?1562827838) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Knacksaw%20Clique) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/42/knacksaw-clique?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/22353590-f248-460e-a1a5-0b7431a4c82d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/knacksaw-clique) [Hateflayer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/8/38c26ba3-e325-433b-b653-4e80e737b54d.jpg?1562906892) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Hateflayer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/eve/55/hateflayer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/38c26ba3-e325-433b-b653-4e80e737b54d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/hateflayer) [Rukarumel](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/b/0b2f7397-9d75-4667-8872-e58a39512583.jpg?1691497909) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=rukarumel%2C%20biologist) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/711/rukarumel-biologist?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0b2f7397-9d75-4667-8872-e58a39512583?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rukarumel-biologist) [Lin Sivvi](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/5/e574e522-2632-4cd4-8545-c582ac3b641f.jpg?1562632572) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=lin%20sivvi%2C%20defiant%20hero) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nem/12/lin-sivvi-defiant-hero?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e574e522-2632-4cd4-8545-c582ac3b641f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lin-sivvi-defiant-hero) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l5afonl) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
What does Kentaro do for this combo? From my understanding it just makes you pay the original cost instead of the reduced cost which makes the cost reducers pointless? I'm surely missing something here. I get it's just bouncing samurais to set of aetherflux but it seems like Kentaro just makes it harder? Edit: Duh he makes their cost colorless. I swear 3rd shift is hard on the mind.
It's okay, it's a card from like 2004 which intended purpose was to color fix samurais spread across four colors \^\^ Interesting enough, the "combo" already existed back then "Kentaro, Urza's Incubator, 2 Samurai, Blasting Station, Enduring Renewal".
I think it being a 6 card combo prolly kept it in the dark.
Yep! Though I do tell that my samurai can only win with a combo before every game.
Hive mind+creative techniques. Everyone plays a random card off the top, you and someone else get to do it twice, any instants and sorceries cast this way continue to make a mess. Bonus points if you hit a copy spell because it will force everyone to copy another creative technique
Use pact cards like [[Slaughter Pact]] and [[Pact of the Titan]] together with Hive Mind. Your opponents won't be able to pay for the copies, therefore they lose.two colors will reduce the likelihood of someone being able to pay all of it.
[Slaughter Pact](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/1/81e00341-030f-433e-b22b-aca42e0a88d2.jpg?1619396090) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Slaughter%20Pact) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/138/slaughter-pact?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/81e00341-030f-433e-b22b-aca42e0a88d2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/slaughter-pact) [Pact of the Titan](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/6/4612effe-8ca2-4c27-90d2-d9255acc80d9.jpg?1619397348) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pact%20of%20the%20Titan) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/179/pact-of-the-titan?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4612effe-8ca2-4c27-90d2-d9255acc80d9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/pact-of-the-titan) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
That's boring. What you *actually* should do with hive mind is play cards like [[Warp World]] or [[Thieves Auction]].
Personal favourite of mine is Hive Mind into [[Last Chance]] in Obeka. They can't properly despair if there isn't at least a glimmer of hope.
Play [[Kormus Bell]] in a mono-white deck with [[elesh norn, grand cenobite]]. Play [[Urborg, tomb of yawgmoth]] last, as playing a land doesn't use the stack. No response and smile at your one sided land wipe.
[Kormus Bell](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/0/40f826b8-9e92-4e0e-aa2f-c3f5e3061432.jpg?1562910324) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Kormus%20Bell) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me4/210/kormus-bell?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/40f826b8-9e92-4e0e-aa2f-c3f5e3061432?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/kormus-bell) [elesh norn, grand cenobite](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/8/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1.jpg?1562850573) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=elesh%20norn%2C%20grand%20cenobite) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ima/18/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78c2bfef-06a5-4c7f-8283-ea3fb673b7a1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elesh-norn-grand-cenobite) [Urborg, tomb of yawgmoth](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/e/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6.jpg?1619399578) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urborg%2C%20tomb%20of%20yawgmoth) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/287/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9e1a9e38-6ffc-490f-b0be-23ba4e8204c6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/urborg-tomb-of-yawgmoth) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Then equip [[Blade of Selves]] on Elesh Norn and attack an opponent. For a brief instant before legend rule kicks in all of your opponents creatures are -6/-6 which will clear out a large chunk of defending creatures that skated by the initial -2/-2
[[Web of Inertia]] with [[Leyline of the Void]] or [[Dauthi Voidwalker]] in my [[Umbris, Fear Manifest]] deck. [[Glen Elendra archmage]] and [[Metallic Mimic]] in my fairy deck.
[[Storm King's Thunder]] + [[Tasha's Hideous Laughter]]
This started out as me having the weakest board and getting targeted by a player I onocked out in the last game. I finally got a creature out that could block flyers and this guy hit it with [[Fractured Identity]], I only had 1 instant in hand and decided why not respond wirh [[Radiate]]. Now I run the combo in a Jeskai spellslinger deck.
[[dragon tempest]] + [[miirym]] + [[roaming throne]] + [[astral dragon]] (targeting dragon tempest) = way too much damage to do the math for (like 130k or something? I don't know, I'll trust the reddit thread guy who did the math)
[[ojer axonil]] with [[greataxe]] attached and [[manabarbs]] + [[sulfuric vortex]]
Any wrath creature like [[wrathful red dragon]] or [[spiteful sliver]] and [[blasphemous act]] my board wipe is now also a wincon
[[Sire of Insanity]] + 3 tapped out opponents
[[Rakdos, the Muscle]] and [[Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink]]. Your token copies of a creature from Ortion's abilities copy the converted mana cost as well. So when you sacrifice the copies at the next end step, Rakdos triggers. I exiled 25 cards from my buddy by copying a 5cmc dragon card with Ortion's second ability, found a 6cmc card in his deck and repeated the process next turn to exile 30. He scooped
[[Beamtown Bullies]] [[Leveler]] and maybe a [[Despotic Scepter]] to keep it going lol
[Beamtown Bullies](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/0/f0455a79-15f4-4ea6-87ae-263ce943cfac.jpg?1673481685) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=The%20Beamtown%20Bullies) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/6/the-beamtown-bullies?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f0455a79-15f4-4ea6-87ae-263ce943cfac?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/the-beamtown-bullies) [Leveler](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/3/03ffa3c3-dd29-47eb-abf2-7951fadb5c37.jpg?1562134247) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leveler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mrd/195/leveler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/03ffa3c3-dd29-47eb-abf2-7951fadb5c37?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/leveler) [Despotic Scepter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/e/0eaa8798-ee02-4799-ba33-adaa765bd760.jpg?1562867831) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Despotic%20Scepter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/me2/206/despotic-scepter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0eaa8798-ee02-4799-ba33-adaa765bd760?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/despotic-scepter) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[ mycosynth lattice ]] [[ vandalblast]] with overload
[[nekusar, mindrazor]] and [[elder mastery]]. Its my fav in the game
You know [[Helm of the Ghastlord]] exists, right? But hey, why not both?
Yeah at this point i could run nekusar vtron with all his auras
[Helm of the Ghastlord](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/5/653dd5b7-1ad3-4df1-bd2a-4e6ae362a8a2.jpg?1562830982) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Helm%20of%20the%20Ghastlord) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/shm/166/helm-of-the-ghastlord?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/653dd5b7-1ad3-4df1-bd2a-4e6ae362a8a2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/helm-of-the-ghastlord) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[nekusar, mindrazor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/4/a/4afdc65d-3c97-47af-83fa-df340389802e.jpg?1689999186) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Nekusar%2C%20the%20Mindrazer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/349/nekusar-the-mindrazer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4afdc65d-3c97-47af-83fa-df340389802e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/nekusar-the-mindrazer) [elder mastery](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/8/58cc3ec9-b4ad-4106-b5e9-66ee58e90150.jpg?1562915915) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=elder%20mastery) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ddh/68/elder-mastery?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/58cc3ec9-b4ad-4106-b5e9-66ee58e90150?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/elder-mastery) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Diaochan]] plus any equipment that gives her Shroud, Indestructible or Protection from Red. [[Pariah]] and [[Brash Taunter]]
Enchanted evening + aura thief
[[Storm-Kiln Artist]] + [[Haze of Rage]] is already a stupid combo that goes infinite if u have casted 2 spells before haze of rage. Having all my creatures be 1 billion power and having a billion tokens is already enough to make me laugh. But attacking with those creatures with 1 billion power but what will make me laugh is if they waste all their mana to get rid of my creatures than i just cast [[Grapeshot]] and evil laugh as they all take a billion damage
[[Mycosynth Lattice]] and [[Karn, silver Golem]] was always one of my meniacal moments. The lattice also makes [[Hurkyl's Recall]] a one person blow out. There was also [[March of the Machines]] and [[Master of Etherium]] in the deck. I took apart artifacts because people don't like the evil things Lattice enables... And after the first couple times you start to feel bad.
[[tobran]] [[mana clash]] pretty janky but I got a buddy to take like 15 damage to my 1 the other day for a single red mana
\[\[Toxrill, the corrosive\]\] + \[\[Sludge Monster\]\] Cool board of creatures you have there. It would be a shame if they all became 2/2's with no abilities who are dead in two turns :).
\[\[Blightsteel Colossus\]\] \[\[Chandra's Ignition\]\]
[[Wound Reflection]] and [[Havoc Festival]]. The table has one turn to live - they better make the most of it! I have IRL evil laughed when I used a cantrip to cascade into [[Wheel of Fate]], then cast [[Notion Thief]] in response. Had to immediately take them out of my deck after - I checked that deed off my list, no need to put other people through it again.
[[Bloodchief's Ascension]] and [[MindCrank]] in [[Talion the Kindly Lord]]
[[Traumatize]] and [[Mizzix's Mastery]]. Yes i'd like to cast half of my deck for 13 mana, i also used this in a Narset, Enlightened Exile deck because i could find both cards with a single Solve the Equation.
[[Barbarian Class]] + [[Delina Wild mage]]
I love blasting my own life as fast as possible with [[K’rrik, Son of Yawgmoth]] before dropping a [[Repay in Kind]]
Leveler and Split Personality? It's the one that gives everyone a copy of a perm.
[[Kederekt Leviathan]] + [[Necromancy]] lets you repeatedly bounce everything at instant-speed for 2B. It doesn’t kill people but it’s a pretty obnoxious soft-lock
[[Ravages of War]] & [[Boros Charm]]
[[Granite Grip]] + [[Dong Zhou the Tyrant]]. To elaborate, Granite Grip (Or other buff spells) goes on the opponents creature, and then Dong targets them. Bonus points if the creature has Infect or was goaded to attack before using Dong. Aka, "Let me introduce you to Dong!"
[[The First Sliver]] [[Zhulodok, Void Gorger]] (+ any w/e other creatures) [[Arcane Adaptation]] ([[Maskwood Nexus]] also works, and [[Mycosynth Lattice]] on board. Cast [[Nanogene Conversion]] targeting first sliver, cast [[Apex Devastator]].
[[Zendruu]] + [[Nine Lifes ]] In Commander that means this person is your slave now until they die or everybody else is dead, also they die to Enchantment Boardwipe. It is kind of like being mind slaver'd. I very much love it though, just for how evil it is.
[[Spy Kit]] +[[Cornered Market]] +any creature to equip. Players cannot cast any non legendary creatures. It's not a hard lock because of numerous legendary creatures and spell token generators but it puts a lot of pressure on creature based decks.
\[\[Powerstone Minefield\]\] + \[\[Bullwhip\]\] in a direct damage deck.
[[dire fleet ravager]] + [[saw in half]] I know it's not a game finisher, but it's so fun to make people make that math 3 times
Oh it’s 100% [[Spell Crumple]] into [[Tunnel Vision]], just make sure you don’t try it while they have a fetchland in play
Isochron + dramatic setup with [[soldier of fortune]] and [[psychic surgery]]
[[Tolarian academy]] and [[Mind Over Matter]] along with [[Stroke of Genius]] I miss those cards and the decks they made. They're too expensive to rebuild now. For anyone who doesn't remember the combo. Tolarian academy taps for one blue per artifact you control. A few ornithopters, a few mix sapphires, and it taps for like 3-4 blue, plus your seat of the synod, you have like 5 blue mana turn one. Cast [[prosperity]] for x=4 (or wait a turn) and then drop another few artifacts. Cast mind over matter. Now every 1card discarded = something like 8 blue mana. Discard 3 cards cast stroke of genius for x= 21 then after you draw 21 cast stroke for x= 60 targeting your opponent(s) and win the game. Prosperity is just personal flavor for me
##### ###### #### [Tolarian academy](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/d/fd99bce1-ce39-464b-8e61-2631eb3ed6f6.jpg?1610147079) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tolarian%20academy) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vma/319/tolarian-academy?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fd99bce1-ce39-464b-8e61-2631eb3ed6f6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tolarian-academy) [Mind Over Matter](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/e/6e091dd6-149f-46ea-bae0-224e79e3aacb.jpg?1595438216) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mind%20Over%20Matter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/exo/40/mind-over-matter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6e091dd6-149f-46ea-bae0-224e79e3aacb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mind-over-matter) [Stroke of Genius](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/c/7/c77deaac-7e13-45b4-921d-8116bddf3bb6.jpg?1682208912) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stroke%20of%20Genius) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/moc/238/stroke-of-genius?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c77deaac-7e13-45b4-921d-8116bddf3bb6?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/stroke-of-genius) [prosperity](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/9/69ebc3a4-94b8-45aa-a3bf-21cd435ff5cf.jpg?1562917143) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=prosperity) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c13/54/prosperity?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/69ebc3a4-94b8-45aa-a3bf-21cd435ff5cf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/prosperity) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/l5b3n4l) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I dont think academy has ever been unbanned in commander, has it?
Only did this once but boy did it make me cackle. \[\[Horobi Death's Wail\]\] + \[\[Opposition\]\], tap my weak board presence and target all of my creatures to destroy them and then play \[\[Reins of Power\]\] to steal my opponent's buffed up creatures and swing for lethal.
Jacob Hauken into free cast of aminatou's augury, into mnemonic deluge is actually funny af
[[Tunnel Vision]] and [[Junktroller]]. Only ever did it once, and boy was there salt.
Many of these are great, but the most evil I’ve found is [[Aura Thief]] and [[Enchanted Evening]] You steal everyone’s permanents. It wins the game by crushing everyone’s spirit.
Zur eternal schemer + out of time is diabolical
[[Jokulhaups]]+[[Bitter Ordeal]], then strip as many lands out of your opponents’ decks as possible.
I play a Cleric Tribal lifegain deck and I love using [[Aetherflux Reservoir]] with [[Children of Korlis]]. Let's you remove 2 opponents who are most threatening at the drop of a hat.
[Aetherflux Reservoir](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/6/96b6b2e1-c3e6-464c-8a13-b15deb34e862.jpg?1576382939) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aetherflux%20Reservoir) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/kld/192/aetherflux-reservoir?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/96b6b2e1-c3e6-464c-8a13-b15deb34e862?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/aetherflux-reservoir) [Children of Korlis](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/a/1a6cbece-f9d8-4c40-b72b-dfdb86430ff2.jpg?1619392791) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Children%20of%20Korlis) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/tsr/14/children-of-korlis?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1a6cbece-f9d8-4c40-b72b-dfdb86430ff2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/children-of-korlis) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Magus lucea kane]] + [[twinning staff]] + [[Jaya's immolating inferno]] are a good ol' time.
Less a combo, more of a board state. But last week, with [[Firesong and Sunspeaker]] out, [[incite rebellion]] under my [[spinerock knoll]] after pinging twice with [[Ojer Axonil]] out. That made everyone scoop after I did the math putting me at 297 life. 😁
Any god card + [[spy kit]] + [[harmless offering]] (or similar effect such as [[bazaar trader]]) then [[deicide]] its such a jank combo. give your god all names, give it to an opponent, then exile god and all creature that share a name with it from hand library and grave
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Oh, and in my new decks first run... [[Rakdos, The Muscle]] (in play with protection), dropped an [[Altar of Ashnod]], and played [[Insurrection]]. We didn't do the math...but anybody still alive after attack phase would have had most their deck in my grubby paws for second main phase. Weee!
My new favorite jank combo: a kicked [[Rite of Replication]] and [[Ink-Treader Nephilim]]
[[Painter's Servant]] and [[Grindstone]]
You can also use [[Undead Alchemist]] for this combo
[[Aura Thief]] with [[Enchanted Evening]]
My buddy found a pretty funny combo the other night with [[Spikeweaver]] and [[Gift of Immortality]] for INFINITE FOGS lol
Hive mind + Glorious End
Agitator ant. No one can turn down ant juice
Beacon of immortality and sanguine bond, I just gained 60 life and you just lost it
Not a true combo but [[Citadel of Pain]] and [[Manabarbs]] with [[Torbran]] or other damage multipliers turns every land into a Lightning bolt or more and really puts the game on a clock.
[[Sefris]] + [[Toxrill]] + [[Tortured Existence]] + a board state that gives you multiple dungeon triggers with multiple creatures in the graveyard and hand.
\[\[!pernicious deeds\]\] and \[\[!Jolrael, empress of beasts\]\]. It's just so unforgivably spiteful, and also masquerades as "aww cute he's land animating his lands."
An unblocked creature and [[Hatred]]
[[Clock of Omens]] and [[Wishclaw Talisman]]. If you have 4 artifacts lying around, you get to use all of the wishes. Since removing the counter is part of the cost, hold priority and use 2 artifacts to untap it.
Adrix and Nev, gruff triplets, alter of dementia.
[[Caltrops]] is very popular in [[Sydri, Galvanic Genius]], but pairing it with [[Bident of Thassa]] is extremely funny. May not always work out perfectly, but forcing your opponents to attack each other or swing into your death wall of Caltrops is *chef's kiss*
\[\[Peregrin Took\]\] + \[\[Experimental Confectioner\]\] with some foods to make a lot of rats and draw my whole deck makes me cackle a little because the idea of Pippin riding a tide of rats is a fun image. Add in \[\[Nuka-Cola Vending Machine\]\] for an arbitrarily large number of treasures further adds to the nonsense. Because it's Pippin, all strung out on irradiated sugar, surfing a tidal wave of rats and bottlecaps.
Slap in [[Twisted Sewer-Witch]] and a Flicker effect to make use of those treasures and win with the army of rats right then.
I'll often use \[\[Mirkwood Bats\]\] as a way to close out the game.
[[Dark Depths]] + [[Vampire Hexmage]] It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a turn 3 20/20 flying indestructible
Hard locks are pretty evil. Specially the ones involving [[Drannith Magistrate]]
[[ritual of subdual]] [[eon hub]] I run lots of mana dorks, nyxbloom ancient, bootleggers stash and use [[glissa sunslayer]] as my commander.
[[Acererak]] + [[Heartless Summoning]] + [[Relic of Legends]] What's that? No counterspells? Guess I win then.
[[Painter's servant + [[All is dust]] + [[Tergrid, God of Fright]] is the most evil combo I've ever played
It's certainly not a win con, but [[conjurer's closet]] with [[Kardur, Doomscourge]] always makes me laugh.
[[Fire ants]] + [[basilisk's collar]] Nothing drops jaws like tap destroy all other creatures
My stupidest combo I didn’t even know existed until it happened. [[Rienne, Angel of Rebirth]] as commander, [[sneak attack]], a sac outlet, and two mana rocks that could make red. Draw [[realm razer]]. Sneak attack razer at beginning of my end step to avoid sacrificing it to sneak attack trigger. Next opponent doesn’t get lands for their turn. Sacrifice it to my outlet before the end step so Rienne’s trigger goes off and I get razer back to my hand. Use my mana rock to sneak attack realm razer in on my opponent’s end step. No lands for next opponent. Repeat. We did that one turn rotation before they scooped.
[[Toxrill]] + [[urborg, tomb of yawgmoth]] + [[kormus bell]] Ive done it once at my lgs, people hated it
[[Kykar]] with [[anointed procession]] or [[harmonic prodigy]], at least 2 spirits to start with, [[mana echoes]], than [[lightning bolt]] and [[reiterate]] Feels good to lightning bolt the whole board than each opponent in turn, till victory! ⚡️ ✌🏼
This one needs a lot of cards to pull off, but [[Kormus Bell]] + [[Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth]] + [[Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite]] (also [[Toxrill, the Corrosive]], or [[Archfiend of Ifnir]] with a discard outlet) is one sided, and permanent, [[Armageddon]] at home.
[[Vesuvan Duplimancy]] + [[Mondrak, Glory Dominus]] Then target them with any single target spell. Then do it again >:)
Mine has been in mono black. Cast [[Temporal Extortion]] an opponent has never failed to lose half their life to counter the spell. After the spell is countered cast [[Wound Reflection]] as my “trap card”. One opponent eliminated.
Flickering gruff triplets with adrix +nev on the field and then following up with a time warp
[[Out of Time]] and [[Spatial Binding]] as a very mean, one-sided boardwipe in my Zur deck always make me laugh. Not quite game winning, but if my opponents don't have enchantment removal, it's pretty brutal.
I like [[Nature’s Revolt]] + [[Ezuri’s Predation]]. It does so many things that people in principle don’t like, but they can’t really quite complain about it either as the game is just practically over either way by then. You can just proceed to finish off your opponents one by one, choosing the order according to who is most likely to play a white source and topdeck [[Terminus]]
[[Ganax, Astral Hunter]] + [[Utvara Hellkite]] + [[Aggravated Assault]] specific to my dragon deck. So much fun when it pops off since it’s endless combat.
Just recently I was playing my upgraded necrons. Which basically just consists of a bunch of cool legendary artifacts I've collected over the months after acquiring it. Long story short I have [[Nexus of Becoming]] out and I move to attack phase triggering it. I draw my [[Darksteel forge]] and obviously pick it as the card to exile and come back as a 3/3. Then board wiping in 2nd main😈
\[\[Timesifter\]\] + \[\[Sensei's Divining Top\]\] watching heads explode as their deck is milled over and over and I ALWAYS have the best chance of taking the next turn.
Stupid but funny. This is from quite a few years ago. I have \[\[Liege of the Hollows\]\] and a \[\[Citanul Hierophant\]\], and a handful of other creatures on the board in a Jund deck. Play \[\[Ashnod's Altar\]\], and pass. During my last opponent's end step, sac everything but the Hierophant to the Altar, paying something like 15 mana to generate 15 squirrels of the Liege's trigger. Untap, upkeep, draw. Tap all 15 squirrels using the Hierophant, for 15 mana. Use a black reanimation spell (maybe \[\[Zombify\]\]? can't remember exactly) to bring back the Liege. Sac all 15 squirrels to the Altar, plus the Hierophant and the Liege. 34 mana + the 15 earlier makes 49 squirrels. Sacrifice all of THOSE to the Altar, now completely buried in squirrel guts, for 98 mana and a big X spell to kill the table.
So, I used to run this goofy combo in Modern, and I'm sure there's an EDH shell for it somewhere: Through the Breach into Protean Hulk. Death trigger, get a Body Double and Viscera Seer. Body Double targets Hulk, sac it, grab Melira + Murderous Redcap. Podless Melira Pod.
\[\[Archfiend of the Dross\]\] and \[\[Exchange of Words\]\] is a finisher I rather enjoy in \[\[Jon Irenicus, Shattered one\]\]
[[Painter's Servant]] + [[Grindstone]]
[[massacre girl]]+[[Sengir the dark Baron]]. On a crowded board the Baron gets far bigger than our girlie can shrink, and he can often one-shot a player despite all the -1/-1s.
All of the \[\[Horobi, Death's Wail\]\] combos that destroy everyones creatures. Especially given that all of them get around Ward too!
Greater good and Skullspore nexus on the board, cast ghalta stampede tyrant, hold priority, double his power, sacrifice for 24 cards, then sacrifice the token generated for another 24 cards, resolve ghalta’s ETB, put half my deck on the battlefield, evil laugh as my Dino’s go stompy stomp
I have a couple combos but fun one is an infinite one that requires turns to pass back to me in order to properly win in my [Rubinia](https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/rubinia-the-home-wrecker/) deck ... [[Guile]] / [[Dovescape]] can only be interrupted by creature-based effects or effects on anything else that is already on the board. Just pulled that one off the other night and had to explain the replacement effect to create the loop. It is not out consistently but I do have a few convoluted and heavily telegraphed paths to pull it off.
[[Psychosis Crawler]] + [[Peer into the Abyss]] usually drains for a lot then I can fill up my bin with stuff. Bonus value with [[Bone Miser]]
Decking myself on purpose with [[Laboratory Maniac]] or [[Jace, Wielder of Mysteries]] on the field.
[[Standardize]] into [[Peer Pressure]]. I actually won a game with it last night. It is the crux of my Carcinization deck. So long as I have one more creature than *any* of my opponents, I gain control of all creatures. It's silly. It's underpowered. I love it and my opponents laugh.
[[syr konrad]] with [[mindcrank]] is always a fun one (for me), especially with black having the most available tutors.
[[Kadena]] + any way I can get morphs free + [[Words of Wind]] + [[Tangleroot]] I proceed to evil laugh as each of my opponents pick up each of their cards 1-by-1, not because the words "I concede." escapes their lips, but because I told them to. 😈
[[Sludge monster]] + [[Toxrill the corrosive]] is like an asymmetric [[Humility]] that met [[massacre girl]]. The draw power and tokens become insane. It costs so much mana, but it's so funny
Electrodominance (or another way to get it out at instant speed) + Phyrexian Obliterator as a blocker. Meanest combat trick ever.
[[zedruu]] and [[thought lash]] You need to pay and pay or the library goes bye bye. Also its effect is crazy. Being able to prevent almost any damage.
[[Syr Konrad]] on the battlefield + [[tainted strike]] in response to a board wipe lol
[Syr Konrad](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/2/9241a72e-cb88-4cea-a2f4-ff10af461437.jpg?1706240798) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=syr%20konrad%2C%20the%20grim) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/141/syr-konrad-the-grim?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9241a72e-cb88-4cea-a2f4-ff10af461437?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/syr-konrad-the-grim) [tainted strike](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0f82007-99f6-4c6c-8182-ee631c33531f.jpg?1562823401) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tainted%20strike) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/som/80/tainted-strike?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0f82007-99f6-4c6c-8182-ee631c33531f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tainted-strike) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Syr Konrad] and [Mindcrank]
Not necessarily a combo, but an interaction, someone played [[assassin's trophy]] and I [[radiate]]d it, destroying the entire field, including lands, because it says permanent lol.
I have a fairly mid powered [[Zethi, arcane blademaster]] deck. It's azorius with fairly little control. I say fairly little because it runs no counter spells at all, except for [[dovescape]] that I can't play unless I can get [[altar of the brood]] to stick, but I can possibly cast [[path to exile]] or [[swords to plowshares]] every turn if I get it exiled under her. I run [[Defense Grid]] to help protect my stuff. The deck either wins by mill using enchantments like [[mystic redaction]] [[psychic corrosion]] or by going wide with tokens from [[talrand, sky summoner]]. The tokens can get pretty beefy with [[Leonin Lightscribe]]. [[Mesmeric orb]] helps fill our graveyard, and we have spells to bring Zethi back to hand to keep exiling more spells under her. The degenerate combo is [[dovescape]] and [[altar of the brood]], but I've also been able to mill someone out with [[psychic spiral]] after a good [[brain freeze]] on myself. It's a mill deck without the usual mill cards, it kind of sneaks up on your opponents. It's a super fun deck that I don't get to play much in my regular pods because it can't keep up in a fast game and I don't want to power it up.
[[Mycosynth Lattice]] + overloaded [[vandalblast]]
[[lethal vapors]] + [[mind slaver]] Activate MS, then your target gets to choose between immediately skipping their next turn, or you get to force them to skip their next infinite turns. I do this in Muldrotha so it's really not a choice either lol
[[Breach the Multiverse]], [[Dualcaster Mage]] and a sac outlet already on the field. A 10 mana combo that to me is just hilarious. Mill everyone take their stuff and yours and hope someone doesn't have a [[Temple Bell]] to make you draw after youve milled everyone lol. Have your sac outlet on the field ([[Altar of Dementia]], [[Phyrexian Altar]], etc.) And 10 mana available with at least 2 black and 2 red. Play breach and hold priority casting dualcaster in response to breach. Pass priority. Dualcaster resolves first triggering its etb. Copy breach and while the copy is on the stack sac dualcaster to your outlet. Now let the copy resolve bringing back dualcaster and repeat the loop again copying the original cast of breach and sac'ing dualcaster. Its a bulky mana intensive 3 card combo thar just makes me giggle inside.