Preston, the Vanisher
Karmic Guide
Breath of Life
Phyrexian Altar
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| Karmic Guide in your graveyard. | |
| Breath of Life in hand. | |
| Preston and Phyrexian Altar on the battlefield. | |
 available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | Cast Breath of Life by paying , returning Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield. |
2 | Karmic Guide and Preston trigger. |
3 | In response, activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Karmic Guide, adding . |
4 | Resolve the Karmic Guide trigger, returning any creature from your graveyard to the battlefield. |
5 | Resolve Preston's trigger, creating a 0/1 Illusion token copy of Karmic Guide. |
6 | The token Karmic Guide enters the battlefield, returning the nontoken Karmic Guide from your graveyard to the battlefield. |
7 | Repeat from step 2. |
8 | Once you have infinite Illusion tokens and infinite mana, you may activate Preston any number of times. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Exile all nonland permanents opponents control | |
| Infinite colored mana | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite sacrifice triggers |
Combo Metadata
26
DECKS
0.00%
OF 3745615 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 19180
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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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