Goblin Engineer
Crime Novelist
Thornbite Staff
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield (Goblin Engineer without summoning sickness on the battlefield and Thornbite Staff attached to Goblin Engineer on the battlefield). | |
| You control a nontoken artifact creature with mana value 3 or less. You have an artifact creature card in your graveyard with mana value 3 or less. | |
| available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Activate Goblin Engineer by paying , tapping it and sacrificing a nontoken artifact creature with mana value 3 or less, targeting another artifact creature with mana value 3 or less in your graveyard. |
2 | When the artifact creature dies, Goblin Engineer and Crime Novelist triggers. |
3 | Resolve the Goblin Engineer trigger, untapping it. |
4 | Resolve the Crime Novelist trigger, putting a +1/+1 counter on it and adding . |
5 | Resolve the Goblin Engineer ability, returning the targeted artifact creature from your graveyard to the battlefield. |
6 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers |
Combo Metadata
556
DECKS
0.01%
OF 4555304 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 5960
MOST PLAYED OF 54654 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.
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