the front side of Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer
the back side of Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer
the front side of Sculpting Steel
the back of a classic MtG card
the front side of Ashes of the Abhorrent
the back of a classic MtG card

Color Identity: W

Initial Card State

  1.  Sculpting Steel in hand.
  2.  Ratchet and Ashes of the Abhorrent on the battlefield (Ratchet as Ratchet, Rescue Racer).
  3.  Ratchet must be your commander.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You have gained at least 1 life this turn.
  2. You have a way to gain any amount of life.

Mana Needed

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

Steps

  1. Cast Sculpting Steel by paying ({3} magic symbol)  , causing it to enter the battlefield as a copy of Ratchet, Rescue Racer.
  2. Put Ratchet into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  3. Choose to return Ratchet to the command zone from your graveyard.
  4. Sculpting Steel triggers, failing to convert it.
  5. Cast Ratchet from the command zone as Ratchet, Field Medic by paying ({2} magic symbol)  ({W} magic symbol)   plus commander tax, if applicable.
  6. Gain any amount of life.
  7. Ratchet, Field Medic triggers, converting itself.
  8. Put Ratchet into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  9. Choose not to return Ratchet to the command zone from your graveyard.
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic and Ashes of the Abhorrent trigger.
  11. Resolve the Ratchet, Field Medic trigger, returning itself from your graveyard to the battlefield.
  12. Resolve the Ashes of the Abhorrent trigger, causing you to gain 1 life.
  13. Repeat from step 7.

Results

  1. Infinite death triggers.
  2. Infinite ETB.
  3. Infinite lifegain.
  4. Infinite lifegain triggers.
  5. Infinite LTB.

Metadata

  1. In 4 decks according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

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



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