the front side of Cadric, Soul Kindler
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Abdel Adrian, Gorion's Ward
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Phyrexian Altar
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: R, W

Initial Card State

  1.   Abdel Adrian in hand or in the command zone.
  2.  Cadric and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield.

Mana Needed

  1. ({5} magic symbol)  ({W} magic symbol)   plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable available.

Steps

  1. Cast Abdel Adrian either from your hand or from the command zone by paying ({4} magic symbol)  ({W} magic symbol)   plus commander tax, if applicable.
  2. Abdel Adrian enters the battlefield, triggering itself and Cadric.
  3. Resolve the Abdel Adrian trigger, choosing not to exile anything.
  4. Resolve the Cadric trigger, causing you to pay ({1} magic symbol)   to create a token copy of Abdel Adrian with haste.
  5. The Abdel Adrian token enters the battlefield, exiling the nontoken Abdel Adrian until the token Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, and creating a 1/1 Soldier creature token.
  6. Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the token Abdel Adrian, adding ({1} magic symbol)  .
  7. The token Abdel Adrian leaves the battlefield, causing the nontoken Abdel Adrian to return to the battlefield from exile.
  8. Repeat from step 2.

Results

  1. Infinite blinking.
  2. Infinite colored mana.
  3. Infinite creature tokens.
  4. Infinite death triggers.
  5. Infinite ETB.
  6. Infinite LTB.
  7. Infinite sacrifice triggers.
  8. Infinite blinking of nonland permanents.

Metadata

  1. In 38 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Ruthless (Bracket 4+).



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