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Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute + Clone Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Clone on the battlefield (Clone as a copy of Civilized Scholar on the battlefield).
    • Creature with dredge in your graveyard.
    • Civilized Scholar // Homicidal Brute in hand or on the battlefield or in the command zone or in exile or in your graveyard or in your library.
    • Clone does not have summoning sickness.
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Activate Clone using Civilized Scholar's ability by tapping it.
    • 2
      Resolve that ability and choose to modify it with dredge, causing you to mill at least one card, return the creature card with dredge from your graveyard to your hand, then discard that same card, untap Clone and fail to transform it.
    • 3
      Repeat.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite self-mill
    • Significant self-discard triggers

Combo Metadata

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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)

No early game, 2-card infinite combos, but the community hasn't weighed in yet if this one counts.

3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)

No early game, 2-card infinite combos, but the community hasn't weighed in yet if this one counts.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

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