Color Identity: U, R, W

Initial Card State

  1.  All permanents on the battlefield.

Notable Prerequisites

  1. You own at least X permanents that your opponents control, where X is the number of opponents you have.

Mana Needed

  1. ({W} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)   for each opponent you have available.

Steps

  1. At the beginning of your upkeep, Zedruu the Greathearted triggers, causing you to gain at least 1 life and draw at least one card for each opponent you have.
  2. Activate Zedruu the Greathearted by paying ({W} magic symbol)  ({U} magic symbol)  ({R} magic symbol)  , causing an opponent to gain control of Ivory Gargoyle.
  3. Activate Staff of Compleation's first ability by tapping it and paying 1 life, destroying Ivory Gargoyle.
  4. Ivory Gargoyle triggers, causing its controller to skip their next draw step.
  5. At the beginning of the next end step, Ivory Gargoyle returns from your graveyard to the battlefield under your control.
  6. Activate Mind Over Matter by discarding a card, untapping Staff of Compleation.
  7. Repeat from step 2 once for each opponent on each of your turns.

Results

  1. Opponents skip their draw steps.

Metadata

  1. This combo produces a lock.
  2. In 1 deck according to EDHREC.

Bracket Tag

This combo has been estimated to be Spicy (Bracket 3-4+).



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