Rydia, Summoner of Mist
There and Back Again
Barbara Wright
Hex Parasite
High Alert
Prerequisites
What do I need to start this combo?
| All permanents on the battlefield (Rydia without summoning sickness on the battlefield and There and Back Again with exactly two lore counters on it on the battlefield). | |
  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 eleven Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding  . |
7 | Activate High Alert 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 | |
| Infinite untap of creatures you control | |
| Infinite mana creatures you control can produce |
Combo Metadata
1
DECKS
0.00%
OF 185266 ELIGIBLE DECKS
Rank 39177
MOST PLAYED OF 43392 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.