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Tortured Existence + Insidious Roots + The Fire Crystal Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • All permanents on the battlefield.
    • You have at least one creature card in your hand. You have at least one creature card in your graveyard.
    • {b} available
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Activate Tortured Existence by paying {b} and discarding a creature card, returning any other creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
    • 2
      Insidious Roots triggers, creating a 0/1 Plant creature token, then putting a +1/+1 counter on each Plant you control.
    • 3
      Activate the Plant by tapping it, adding {b}.
    • 4
      Repeat.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite self-discard triggers
    • Infinite tapped creature tokens
    • Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures

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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 three or more cards are allowed.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

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