Walking Archive
Body of Research
Resourceful Defense
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Body of Research in hand. | |
| Walking Archive and Resourceful Defense on the battlefield. | |
Your deck size is equal to or greater than the largest deck size among your opponents minus the number of +1/+1 counters on Walking Archive
You have an additional  available, or you have a way to kill a creature. | |
| available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Body of Research by paying , creating a 0/0 Fractal creature token and then putting a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to your deck size. |
2 | Kill the Fractal, triggering Resourceful Defense, moving the Fractal's counters onto Walking Archive. |
3 | At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they will draw cards equal to the number of counters on Walking Archive. This should result in them drawing from an empty library either during their upkeep or their subsequent draw step, and thus losing the game. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite card draw for opponents | |
| Infinite draw triggers for opponents | |
| Each opponent loses the game at the beginning of their next upkeep |
Combo Metadata
1
DECKS
0.00%
OF 838189 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 38323
MOST PLAYED OF 43392 COMBOS
{ } Commander Bracket Information
In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
1-2
Exhibition and Core
(no 2-card combos)
Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed
3
Upgraded
(no early game 2-card combos)
Any combos that require 3 or more cards are allowed
4-5
Optimized and CEDH
(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.