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Songs of the Damned + Chthonian Nightmare + Zealous Lorecaster Combo

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  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Zealous Lorecaster on the battlefield.
    • Songs of the Damned and Chthonian Nightmare in hand.
    • You have at least five creature cards in your graveyard, and one of those creature cards has mana value 0.
    • {b} available

  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Cast Songs of the Damned by paying {b}, adding {b} for each creature card in your graveyard.
    • 2
      Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{b}.
    • 3
      When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {e}{e}{e}.
    • 4
      Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying zero {e}, sacrificing Zealous Lorecaster, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
    • 5
      Cast Chthonian Nightmare by paying {1}{b}.
    • 6
      When Chthonian Nightmare enters the battlefield, it triggers, causing you to get {e}{e}{e}.
    • 7
      Activate Chthonian Nightmare by paying an amount of {e} equal to Zealous Lorecaster's mana value, sacrificing the creature you returned in step 4, and returning Chthonian Nightmare from the battlefield to your hand, returning Zealous Lorecaster from your graveyard to the battlefield.
    • 8
      When Zealous Lorecaster enters the battlefield, it triggers, returning Songs of the Damned from your graveyard to your hand.
    • 9
      Repeat.

  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Infinite energy counters
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite black mana
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite magecraft triggers
    • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
    • Infinite storm count

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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 three or more cards are allowed.

4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)

All combos are allowed.

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