Vadrok, Apex of Thunder
Dockside Extortionist
Heat Shimmer
Snap
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Dockside Extortionist on the battlefield. | |
| Heat Shimmer in your graveyard. | |
| Snap in hand. | |
| Vadrok in hand or in the command zone. | |
| Your opponents control at least three artifacts and/or enchantments. | |
  , plus commander tax if applicable, plus one additional red, white, or blue mana if opponents control exactly three artifacts and/or enchantments available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Vadrok for its mutate cost by paying , merging it under Dockside Extortionist. |
2 | The Dockside Extortionist mutated creature's ability from Vadrok triggers, casting Heat Shimmer from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. |
3 | Resolve Heat Shimmer, creating a token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature with haste. |
4 | The token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature triggers, creating at least three Treasure tokens. |
5 | Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding . |
6 | Cast Snap by paying , returning the nontoken Dockside Extortionist and Vadrok from the battlefield to your hand and untapping two lands you control. |
7 | Cast Vadrok for its mutate cost by paying , merging it under the token Dockside Extortionist mutated creature. |
8 | The token Dockside Extortionist mutated creature triggers once for each of its Vadrok abilities. |
9 | Resolve one of these triggers, casting Heat Shimmer from your graveyard without paying its mana cost. |
10 | Resolve Heat Shimmer, creating a token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature with haste. |
11 | The token copy of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature triggers, creating at least three Treasure tokens. |
12 | Activate three Treasure tokens by tapping and sacrificing them, adding . |
13 | Resolve a second trigger from step 8, casting Snap from your graveyard without paying its mana cost, targeting the mutated creature that includes the nontoken Vadrok. |
14 | Resolve Snap, returning Vadrok from the battlefield to your hand as well as multiple token creatures which cease to exist, and untapping two lands you control. |
15 | Resolve any remaining triggers from step 8, casting any noncreature cards with mana value 3 or less that were not already cast since step 8 from your graveyard without paying their casting costs. |
16 | Repeat from step 7, adding one additional token Vadrok to each new iteration of the Dockside Extortionist mutated creature token. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite colored mana | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite storm count | |
| Infinite Treasure tokens | |
| Infinite mana lands you control can produce | |
| Infinite magecraft triggers | |
| Cast a subset of spells in your graveyard |
Combo Metadata
17
DECKS
0.00%
OF 842990 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 21020
MOST PLAYED OF 44755 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.