Stormfront Riders
Cryptic Gateway

  Played with this combo

   Prerequisites

What do I need to start this combo?
Cryptic Gateway on the battlefield.
Stormfront Riders in hand.
You control at least one creature.
4 or you control two untapped creatures that share a creature type with Stormfront Riders available

   Steps

How does this combo work?
1
If you control two untapped creatures that share a creature type with Stormfront Riders, activate Cryptic Gateway by tapping the two creatures, putting Stormfront Riders from your hand onto the battlefield.
2
Otherwise, cast Stormfront Riders by paying 4.
3
Stormfront Riders enters the battlefield, returning itself and any other creature you control from the battlefield to your hand.
4
Stormfront Riders triggers twice, creating two 1/1 Soldier creature tokens.
5
Activate Cryptic Gateway by tapping the two Soldier tokens, putting Stormfront Riders from your hand onto the battlefield.
6
Stormfront Riders enters the battlefield, returning itself and a Soldier token from the battlefield to your hand.
7
Repeat from step 4.

   Results

What do I get from this combo?
Infinite ETB
Infinite LTB
Infinite tapped creature tokens

  Combo Metadata

61
DECKS
0.00%
OF 4022234 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 15201
MOST PLAYED OF 50938 COMBOS

{ }  Commander Bracket Information

In which Commander Bracket(s) am I allowed to play this combo?
1-2

Exhibition and Core

(no 2-card combos)
The community has determined this is a true 2-card combo.
3

Upgraded

(no early game 2-card combos)
The community has determined this is a true, early game, 2-card combo.
4-5

Optimized and CEDH

(all combos are allowed)
All combos are allowed.

  Combo Voting

Does the community think this a true 2-card combo (both trivial prerequisites and significant results)? Do they think it can be executed before turn 6 or so?

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