Delaying Shield | Vampire Hexmage | Gravewaker
Color Identity: W, B
Initial Card State
- All permanents on the battlefield.
Mana Needed
- ({5} magic symbol) ({B} magic symbol) ({B} magic symbol) at most each turn available.
Steps
- At the beginning of your upkeep, Delaying Shield triggers.
- Holding priority, if Delaying Shield has any delay counters on it, activate Vampire Hexmage by sacrificing it, removing all delay counters from Delaying Shield.
- Resolve the Delaying Shield ability, doing nothing.
- If Vampire Hexmage is in your graveyard, activate Gravewaker by paying ({5} magic symbol) ({B} magic symbol) ({B} magic symbol) , returning Vampire Hexmage from your graveyard to your hand.
- Repeat.
Notes
- Depending on how many counters Delaying Shield has, it may be cheaper to simply pay ({1} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) per counter instead of losing life, if able.
Results
- Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you.
Metadata
- This combo produces a lock.
- In 2 decks according to EDHREC.
Bracket Tag
This combo has been estimated to be Spicy (Bracket 3-4+).
