Heartless Hidetsugu
Tainted Strike
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Heartless Hidetsugu on the battlefield. | |
| Tainted Strike in hand. | |
| Heartless Hidetsugu does not have summoning sickness. Your opponents have a life total of twenty or greater, minus two for each poison counter they have. Your life total is no greater than nineteen, minus two for each poison counter you have. | |
| available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Tainted Strike by paying , giving Heartless Hidetsugu +1/+0 and infect until end of turn. |
2 | Activate Heartless Hidetsugu by tapping it, causing each player to get a number of poison counters equal to half their life total, rounded down. |
3 | Each opponent loses the game due to having ten or more poison counters. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Each opponent loses the game |
Combo Metadata
987
DECKS
0.05%
OF 2047853 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 3947
MOST PLAYED OF 52988 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)
The community has determined this is a true 2-card combo.
3
Upgraded
(no early game 2-card combos)
The community has determined this is a true, early game, 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?
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