Etali, Primal Conqueror
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
Thornbite Staff
Ashnod's Altar
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Etali in hand or in the command zone. | |
| All other permanents on the battlefield. | |
| It is your precombat main phase. Hua Tuo does not have summoning sickness. Thornbite Staff attached to Hua Tuo. | |
 plus enough mana to pay for commander tax, if applicable available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Etali from your hand or from the command zone by paying plus commander tax, if applicable. |
2 | When Etali enters the battlefield, it triggers. |
3 | Holding priority, activate Ashnod's Altar by sacrificing Etali, adding . |
4 | If Etali is your commander, choose not to return it to the command zone from your graveyard. |
5 | When Etali dies, Hua Tuo triggers, untapping Hua Tuo. |
6 | Activate Hua Tuo by tapping it, putting Etali on top of your library from your graveyard. |
7 | Resolve the Etali trigger from step 2, 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 | Repeat from step 2. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Cast any number of spells from opponents' libraries | |
| Exile each opponent's library | |
| Infinite colorless mana | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite creature ETB | |
| Infinite creature LTB | |
| Infinite creature sacrifice triggers | |
| Infinite storm count | |
| Near-infinite magecraft triggers |
Combo Metadata
16
DECKS
0.00%
OF 2198281 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 29412
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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 3 or more cards are allowed
4-5
Optimized and CEDH
(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.