Saw in Half
Sacrifice
Scholar of the Ages
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Scholar of the Ages on the battlefield. | |
| Saw in Half in hand. | |
| Sacrifice in hand or in your graveyard. | |
 available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Saw in Half by paying , destroying Scholar of the Ages and creating two token copies of it with base power equal to half the destroyed creature's power and base toughness equal to half the destroyed creature's toughness, rounding up each time. |
2 | The two Scholar of the Ages tokens enter the battlefield, returning Sacrifice, if applicable, and Saw in Half from your graveyard to your hand. |
3 | Cast Sacrifice by paying and sacrificing a Scholar of the Ages token, adding seven . |
4 | Repeat. |
5 | You may also return up to two other instants and/or sorceries using the Scholar of the Ages tokens if they can be cast using black mana to get infinite casts of those instants and/or sorceries. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite black mana | |
| Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite magecraft triggers | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers | |
| Infinite storm count | |
| Return all instant and sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand |
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1142
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In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
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Exhibition and Core
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Any combos that require three or more cards are allowed
3
Upgraded
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Any combos that require 3 or more cards are allowed
4-5
Optimized and CEDH
(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.
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