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Zedruu the Greathearted + Lich's Mirror Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Zedruu the Greathearted and Lich's Mirror on the battlefield.
    • An opponent is about to lose the game due to lethal infect and/or commander damage.
    • {u}{r}{w} available
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      When an opponent is about to lose the game due to lethal infect and/or commander damage, before damage is dealt, activate Zedruu by paying {r}{w}{u}, giving the opponent about to lose the game control of Lich's Mirror.
    • 2
      When the opponent would lose the game, Lich's Mirror causes them to shuffle their hand, graveyard, and all permanents they own into their library, draw seven cards, and set their lifetotal to twenty.
    • 3
      Because they don't own Lich's Mirror, they retain control of it, and because infect/commander damage is not reset, they will then attempt to lose the game as a state-based action.
    • 4
      This creates a mandatory infinite loop, which ends the game in a draw.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Draw the game

Combo Metadata

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Combo Rank

Commander Bracket Information

In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?

1-2

Exhibition and Core

(no 2-card combos)

The community has determined this isn't a true 2-card combo.

3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)

The community has determined this isn't a true 2-card combo.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

Combo Voting

Does the community think this a true 2-card combo (both trivial prerequisites and significant results)? Do they think it can be executed before turn 6 or so?

Trivial Prerequisites
35%
Significant Results
59%
Early Game
29%
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