Rydia, Summoner of Mist
There and Back Again
Barbara Wright
Hex Parasite
Crab Umbra
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield (Rydia without summoning sickness on the battlefield, There and Back Again with exactly two lore counters on it on the battlefield, and Crab Umbra attached to Rydia on the battlefield). | |
| Crab Umbra attached to [creature]. | |
  available |
Steps
How does this combo work?
1 | At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it and triggering its third chapter ability, creating a 6/6 Smaug legendary creature token and sacrifice There and Back Again. |
2 | Activate Rydia by paying  and tapping it, returning There and Back Again from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. As There and Back Again enters the battlefield, choose to have it enter with three lore counters due to its read-ahead ability. |
3 | There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers. Holding priority, activate Hex Parasite by paying  , removing the finality counter from There and Back Again. |
4 | Resolve the There and Back Again trigger, creating a 6/6 Smaug legendary creature token and sacrifice There and Back Again. |
5 | Put a Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule, triggering its ability, creating fourteen Treasure tokens. |
6 | Activate ten Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding  . |
7 | Activate Crab Umbra by paying  , untapping Rydia. |
8 | Repeat from step 2. |
Results
What do I get from this combo?
| Infinite LTB | |
| Infinite ETB | |
| Infinite colored mana | |
| Infinite death triggers | |
| Infinite Treasure tokens |
Combo Metadata
3
DECKS
0.00%
OF 258004 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 33591
MOST PLAYED OF 46394 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)
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.