Caretaker's Talent + Meticulous Excavation + There and Back Again

Mana needed: {W}

RW identity

Commander legal

The 3 combo pieces

What must be in place

There and Back Again has exactly two lore counters on it.
Caretaker's Talent is level 1.

How to execute it

  1. At the beginning of your precombat main phase, There and Back Again triggers, putting a lore counter on it.
  2. There and Back Again's third chapter ability triggers, creating a legendary 6/6 Smaug creature token and causing you to sacrifice There and Back Again.
  3. Caretaker's Talent's first ability triggers, causing you to draw a card.
  4. Activate Caretaker's Talent by paying {W}, putting a level counter on it.
  5. Caretaker's Talent's second ability triggers, creating a copy of the Smaug token.
  6. Put either Smaug token into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
  7. The Smaug token that died triggers, and Caretaker's Talent's first ability triggers if it hasn't yet triggered this turn.
  8. Resolve the Caretaker's Talent trigger, if applicable, causing you to draw a card.
  9. Resolve the Smaug trigger, creating fourteen Treasure tokens.
  10. Activate seven Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding {4}{W}{W}{W}.
  11. Activate Meticulous Excavation by paying {2}{W}, returning Caretaker's Talent from the battlefield to your hand.
  12. Cast Caretaker's Talent by paying {2}{W}.
  13. Repeat from step 4.

What the combo produces