Fain, the Broker
Thornbite Staff
Crystalline Crawler
Tenacious Dead
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield. | |
| Thornbite Staff attached to Fain. Fain does not have summoning sickness. | |
 available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Activate Fain's first ability by tapping it and sacrificing Tenacious Dead. |
2 | Tenacious Dead dies, triggering itself and Fain. |
3 | Resolve the Fain trigger, untapping it. |
4 | Resolve the Tenacious Dead trigger, causing you to pay to return it from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. |
5 | Resolve the Fain ability from step 1, putting two +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler. |
6 | Activate Crystalline Crawler's first ability twice by removing two counters from it, adding . |
7 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite sacrifice 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)
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.
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