Samwise Gamgee
Walking Ballista
Parallel Lives
Doubling Season
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Walking Ballista in hand. | |
| All other permanents on the battlefield. |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Walking Ballista by paying  . |
2 | Walking Ballista enters the battlefield and dies as a state-based action due to having zero toughness. |
3 | Samwise triggers, creating four Food artifact tokens. |
4 | Activate Samwise by sacrificing three Foods, returning Walking Ballista to your hand from your graveyard. |
5 | Repeat. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite Food tokens | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite storm count | |
| Infinite death triggers |
Combo Metadata
109
DECKS
0.01%
OF 1943621 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 13133
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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.
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