Etali, Primal Conqueror
Hua Tuo, Honored Physician
Thornbite Staff
Warstorm Surge
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 and Warstorm Surge trigger. |
3 | Resolve the Warstorm Surge trigger, dealing damage equal to Etali's power to Etali. |
4 | Etali dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness. |
5 | If Etali is your commander, choose not to return it to the command zone from your graveyard. |
6 | When Etali dies, Hua Tuo triggers, untapping Hua Tuo. |
7 | Activate Hua Tuo by tapping it, putting Etali on top of your library from your graveyard. |
8 | 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. |
9 | Repeat from step 2. |
10 | If you decide to cast any other creature spells using Etali's trigger, Terror of the Peaks will trigger for each of them, dealing damage equal to the creature's power to any target. |
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 | |
| Near-infinite damage | |
| Near-infinite magecraft triggers |
Combo Metadata
5
DECKS
0.00%
OF 2198281 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 41517
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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.