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Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness + Hua Tuo, Honored Physician + Thornbite Staff + Twinflame Combo

  • Prerequisites

    What do I need to start this combo?

    • Twinflame in hand.
    • All other permanents on the battlefield.
    • Hua Tuo does not have summoning sickness. Thornbite Staff attached to Hua Tuo.Primal Conquerer. It is your precombat main phase.
    • {1}{r} available
  • Steps

    How does this combo work?

    • 1
      Cast Twinflame by paying {1}{r}, creating a token copy of Etali with haste.
    • 2
      Choose to put the nontoken Etali into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
    • 3
      If Etali is your commander, choose not to return it to the command zone from your graveyard.
    • 4
      The Etali token and Hua Tuo trigger.
    • 5
      Resolve the Hua Tuo trigger untapping it.
    • 6
      Activate Hua Tuo by tapping it, putting Etali on top of your library from your graveyard.
    • 7
      Resolve the Etali token's trigger from step 4, causing you to exile cards from each player's library until you exile a nonland card, with you exiling Etali from your library, and cast Etali and any other nonland cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
    • 8
      Choose to put the nontoken Etali into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
    • 9
      If Etali is your commander, choose not to return it to the command zone from your graveyard.
    • 10
      The nontoken Etali and Hua Tuo trigger.
    • 11
      Resolve the Hua Tuo trigger untapping it.
    • 12
      Activate Hua Tuo by tapping it, putting Etali on top of your library from your graveyard.
    • 13
      Resolve the nontoken Etali's trigger from step 10, causing you to exile cards from each player's library until you exile a nonland card, with you exiling Etali from your library, and cast Etali and any other nonland cards exiled this way without paying their mana costs.
    • 14
      Repeat from step 8.
  • Results

    What do I get from this combo?

    • Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries
    • Exile each opponent's library
    • Infinite death triggers
    • Infinite creature ETB
    • Infinite creature LTB
    • Infinite storm count
    • Significant magecraft triggers

Combo Metadata

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Combo Rank

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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