the front side of Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
the back side of Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
the front side of Leashling
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Dual Nature
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Cloudstone Curio
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, G

Initial Card State

  1.  Leashling in hand.
  2.   Etali in hand or in the command zone.
  3.  Dual Nature and Cloudstone Curio on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. ({11} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable available.

Steps

  1. Cast Leashling by paying ({6} magic symbol)  .
  2. When Leashling enters the battlefield, Dual Nature's first ability triggers, creating a token copy of Leashling.
  3. Cast Etali either from your hand or from the command zone by paying ({5} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   plus commander tax, if applicable.
  4. When Etali enters the battlefield, it, Dual Nature's first ability and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
  5. Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, choosing not to return anything to your hand.
  6. Resolve the Dual Nature trigger, creating a token copy of Etali.
  7. Put the token Etali into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  8. The token Etali and Cloudstone Curio trigger.
  9. Resolve the Cloudstone Curio trigger, returning Etali from the battlefield to your hand.
  10. When Etali leaves the battlefield, Dual Nature's second ability triggers, doing nothing.
  11. Activate the nontoken Leashling by putting Etali on top of your library from your hand, returning Leashling to your hand from the battlefield.
  12. When the nontoken Leashling leaves the battlefield, Dual Nature's second ability triggers.
  13. Holding priority, activate the token Leashling by putting Leashling on top of your library from your hand, returning the token Leashling to your hand from the battlefield.
  14. Resolve the Dual Nature trigger, doing nothing.
  15. Resolve the token Etali's trigger from step 8, causing each player to exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, and allowing you to cast the nonland cards without paying their mana costs, with you casting Leashling from your library.
  16. When Leashling enters the battlefield, Dual Nature's first ability triggers, creating a token copy of Leashling.
  17. Resolve the nontoken Etali's trigger from step 4, causing each player to exile cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card, and allowing you to cast the nonland cards without paying their mana costs, with you casting Etali from your library.
  18. Repeat from step 4.

Results

  1. Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries.
  2. Exile each opponent's library.
  3. Infinite death triggers.
  4. Infinite ETB.
  5. Infinite LTB.
  6. Infinite storm count.
  7. Near-infinite magecraft triggers.

Metadata

  1. In 0 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).



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