the front side of Spectral Arcanist
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Corpse Dance
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ashnod's Altar
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Skirge Familiar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: U, B

Initial Card State

  1.  Corpse Dance in hand.
  2.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You control at least two additional Spirits.

Mana Needed

  1. two generic manaone black mana available.

Steps

  1. Cast Corpse Dance by paying two generic manaone black mana, returning Spectral Arcanist from your graveyard to the battlefield with haste.
  2. Spectral Arcanist enters the battlefield, triggering its ability.
  3. Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Spectral Arcanist, adding one colorless manaone colorless mana.
  4. Resolve the Spectral Arcanist trigger, casting Corpse Dance from your graveyard with buyback by paying two generic mana.
  5. Resolve Corpse Dance, returning Spectral Arcanist from your graveyard to the battlefield, and returning Corpse Dance to your hand.
  6. Spectral Arcanist enters the battlefield, triggering its ability.
  7. Holding priority, activate Skirge Familiar by discarding Corpse Dance, adding one black mana.
  8. Repeat from step 3.

Results

  1. Infinite black mana.
  2. Infinite colorless mana.
  3. Infinite death triggers.
  4. Infinite creature ETB.
  5. Infinite creature LTB.
  6. Infinite magecraft triggers.
  7. Infinite creature sacrifice triggers.
  8. Infinite self-discard triggers.
  9. Infinite storm count.

Metadata

Bracket tag
ExhibitionBracket 1+

For any deck

Bracket tags are estimated from the cards and results of each combo, as a guideline rather than a strict classification.

What the tags mean →Commander brackets ↗

What raises the bracket

Popularity
0
decks on EDHREC
Variants
1
the only variant of this combo
Salt
Too few votes

How unfun this combo is to play against, from 0 to 4, as voted by Commander Spellbook users. Scores are refreshed every couple of hours.

Your vote

Vote on more combos →
footer