Thermopod
Dualcaster Mage
Dread Return

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Thermopod on the battlefield.
Dualcaster Mage and Dread Return in hand.
You have a creature card in your graveyard.
3 available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
Cast Dread Return by paying its mana cost
2
Holding priority, cast Dualcaster Mage by paying its mana cost.
3
When Dualcaster Mage enters, it triggers, targeting Dread Return.
4
Holding priority, activate Thermopod by sacrificing Dualcaster Mage.
5
Resolve the Dualcaster Mage trigger, copying Dread Return
6
Resolve the Dread Return copy, returning Dualcaster Mage from your graveyard to the battlefield.
7
Repeat from step 3.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite death triggers
Infinite magecraft triggers
Infinite red mana
Infinite sacrifice triggers
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New Cards
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3%synergy
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4%synergy
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1%synergy
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24%synergy
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16%synergy
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16%synergy
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10%synergy
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13%synergy
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8%synergy
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8%synergy
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6%synergy
Defense Grid
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5%synergy
Enchantments
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26%synergy
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18%synergy
Nowhere to Run
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12%synergy
Bastion of Remembrance
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7%synergy
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10%synergy
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8%synergy
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4%synergy
Warstorm Surge
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3%synergy
Planeswalkers
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6%synergy
Utility Lands
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11%synergy
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-16%synergy
Molten Slagheap
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10%synergy
Phyrexian Tower
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2%synergy
Emergence Zone
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6%synergy
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2%synergy
Great Furnace
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1%synergy
Mana Artifacts
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7%synergy
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8%synergy
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44%synergy
Talisman of Dominance
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39%synergy
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36%synergy
Izzet Signet
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34%synergy
Dimir Signet
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33%synergy
Orzhov Signet
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27%synergy
Talisman of Hierarchy
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24%synergy
Talisman of Indulgence
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21%synergy
Fellwar Stone
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24%synergy
Mind Stone
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28%synergy
Relic of Legends
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29%synergy
Springleaf Drum
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22%synergy
Cursed Mirror
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12%synergy
Chromatic Star
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13%synergy
Charcoal Diamond
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7%synergy
Fire Diamond
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7%synergy
Everflowing Chalice
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2%synergy
Lotus Petal
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0%synergy
Commander's Sphere
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-5%synergy
Thought Vessel
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Lands
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19%synergy
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62%synergy
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38%synergy
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24%synergy
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29%synergy
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15%synergy
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21%synergy
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39%synergy
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13%synergy
Sulfur Falls
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8%synergy
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25%synergy
Shadowblood Ridge
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19%synergy
Sulfurous Springs
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5%synergy
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15%synergy
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13%synergy
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19%synergy
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2%synergy
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7%synergy
Blood Crypt
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-18%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
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3%synergy
Path of Ancestry
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-4%synergy
Bloodstained Mire
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2%synergy
Myriad Landscape
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-2%synergy
Drossforge Bridge
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8%synergy
Bloodfell Caves
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4%synergy
Canyon Slough
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3%synergy
Luxury Suite
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-13%synergy
Geothermal Bog
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6%synergy
Ash Barrens
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4%synergy
Blackcleave Cliffs
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3%synergy
City of Brass
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1%synergy
Blazemire Verge
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-2%synergy
Maestros Theater
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5%synergy
Mana Confluence
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0%synergy
Blightstep Pathway
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-1%synergy
Raucous Theater
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-4%synergy
Marsh Flats
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Wooded Foothills
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-4%synergy
Verdant Catacombs
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-4%synergy