There and Back Again | Caretaker's Talent | Meticulous Excavation
Color Identity: R, W
Initial Card State
- All permanents on the battlefield.
Notable Prerequisites
- There and Back Again has exactly two lore counters on it.
- Caretaker's Talent is level 1.
Mana Needed
- ({W} magic symbol) available.
Steps
- At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
- There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
- Caretaker's Talent's first ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
- Activate Caretaker's Talent by paying ({W} magic symbol) , putting a level counter on it.
- Caretaker's Talent's second ability triggers, creating a copy of the Smaug token.
- Put either Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- The Smaug token that died triggers, and Caretaker's Talent's first ability triggers if it hasn't yet triggered this turn.
- Resolve the Caretaker's Talent trigger, if applicable, causing you to draw a card.
- Resolve the Smaug trigger, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
- Activate seven Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding ({4} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) .
- Activate Meticulous Excavation by paying ({2} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) , returning Caretaker's Talent from the battlefield to your hand.
- Cast Caretaker's Talent by paying ({2} magic symbol) ({W} magic symbol) .
- Repeat from step 4.
Results
- Infinite card draw.
- Near-infinite ETB.
- Infinite draw triggers.
- Near-infinite storm count.
- Near-infinite LTB.
- Near-infinite death triggers.
- Near-infinite colored mana.
- Near-infinite Treasure tokens.
Metadata
- In 4 decks according to EDHREC.
Bracket Tag
This combo has been estimated to be Exhibition (Bracket 1+).
