Dual Nature + Earthcraft + Samwise the Stouthearted

Mana needed: {1}

GW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

You control a basic Plains.

How to execute it

  1. Activate a basic Plains by tapping it, adding {W}.
  2. Cast Samwise the Stouthearted by paying {1}{W}.
  3. When Samwise the Stouthearted enters the battlefield, it and Dual Nature's first ability trigger.
  4. Resolve the Samwise the Stouthearted trigger, returning nothing to your hand from your graveyard, and causing the Ring to tempt you.
  5. Holding priority, activate Earthcraft by tapping Samwise, untapping the Plains.
  6. Resolve the Dual Nature trigger, creating a token copy of Samwise the Stouthearted.
  7. Put the nontoken Samwise the Stouthearted into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  8. Dual Nature's second ability triggers as well as the Samwise the Stouthearted token's enters-the-battlefield ability.
  9. Resolve the Samwise the Stouthearted trigger, returning the nontoken Samwise the Stouthearted to your hand from your graveyard, and causing the Ring to tempt you.
  10. Holding priority, activate a basic Plains by tapping it, adding {W}.
  11. Activate Earthcraft by tapping the Samwise token, untapping the Plains.
  12. Resolve the Dual Nature trigger, exiling the Samwise the Stouthearted token.
  13. Repeat.

What the combo produces